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Historic Earthquake
1981 Gulf of Corinth Earthquakes
24 February 1981 · Athens-Eastern Gulf of Corinth · Greece
On 24 February 1981 at 20:53 UTC, a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Greece (Athens-Eastern Gulf of Corinth), at a depth of 33 km. It occurred on the Aegean Sea Plate, 19 km from its boundary with the Eurasian Plate (continental transform fault). It killed at least 22 people and injured 400. 8,000 homes were destroyed.
- Date
- 24 February 1981
- Time
- 20:53 UTC
- Magnitude
- 6.7
- Depth
- 33 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VIII (Mercalli)
- Deaths
- 22
- Injuries
- 400
- Homes Destroyed
- 8,000
- Estimated Damage
- 812 million US dollars
- Tsunami
- See the tsunami (1.0 m wave)
- Plate
- Aegean Sea Plate
- Country
- Greece
- Nearest Volcano
- Methana Volcano (76 km)
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1983Ionian Sea · M 7.2
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 19531953 Ionian Earthquake · M 7.2476 deaths
- 1947S, Pylia (Messinia) · M 7.33 deaths
- 1927Oetylos (Laconia) · M 7.3
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 deaths
- 19031903 Kythera Earthquake · M 7.82 deaths
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth