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1983 Greece Earthquake
6 August 1983 · Aegean Sea · Greece
On 6 August 1983 at 15:43 UTC, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck Greece (Aegean Sea), at a depth of 2 km. It occurred on the Eurasian Plate, 14 km from its boundary with the Aegean Sea Plate (continental rift). It triggered a tsunami.
- Date
- 6 August 1983
- Time
- 15:43 UTC
- Magnitude
- 7.0
- Depth
- 2 km
- Maximum Intensity
- VI (Mercalli)
- Tsunami
- Yes
- Plate
- Eurasian Plate
- Country
- Greece
Nearby Major Earthquakes
Other major earthquakes recorded within 300 km.
- 1981Aegean Sea, Lesbos · M 7.5
- 19681968 Aegean Sea Earthquake · M 7.222 deaths
- 1965Greece · M 7.16 deaths
- 1953Yenice–Gönen Earthquake of 1953 · M 7.31,070 deaths
- 1912Tekirdağ–Mürefte Earthquake of 1912 · M 7.22,800 deaths
- 1905Aegean Sea · M 7.211 deaths
- 1904Struma · M 7.8
- 1904Struma · M 7.5
Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Significant Earthquake Database (doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K) · Wikidata · Bird (2003), PB2002 · Natural Earth