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The ~M w 8.0–8.5 earthquake in Crete in 365 AD and 1303 are examples of subduction zone events. In 1810 and 1856, Crete was struck by large intermediate-depth intraplate earthquakes which were devastating and felt strongly in Africa and the Levant. The 1810 and 1856 earthquakes occurred within the subducting African plate rather than at the ...
It is considered the largest known earthquake in the Mediterranean. Raised part of Crete 12 metres, causing severe damage and triggering a tsunami that devastated Alexandria. Severe casualties and more than 100 cities in Crete were destroyed. [106] 226 BC: Rhodes: 36.43 28.21 Toppled the Colossus of Rhodes.Thousands homes collapsed. [107] 426 BC
The 2021 Lasithi earthquake was a magnitude 6.4 M w earthquake with a maximum intensity of VIII (Severe) on the Modified Mercalli Intensity Scale which occurred on 12 October 2021, 12:24 off the island of Crete. [3] The quake was also felt at low intensity as far as Cairo and Istanbul. [4]
The Geodynamic Institute in Athens said the undersea earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 and occurred at 12:24 p.m. local time off the island's eastern coast.
The 2021 Haiti earthquake was the largest to strike the country since the 1842 Cap-Haïtien earthquake. More than 138,000 buildings were damaged or destroyed, most of them in Les Cayes and Nippes. 2,248 people were killed, 12,763 others were injured and 329 people remained missing. It is the deadliest earthquake of 2021. [338] 2,248 12,763 16 [339]
The closure of the Samaria gorge in southwest Crete — along with several others in the White Mountain range — was ordered Monday, a day after the region was rattled by a magnitude 4.9 quake.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which ...
2015 Illapel earthquake: 5 March 2021 08:28 (local time) Kermadec Islands, New Zealand: 0 8.1 M w [66] Was preceded by an M w 7.4 foreshock and unrelated M w 7.3 event a few hours earlier. 2021 Kermadec Islands earthquakes: 28 July 2021 22:15 (local time) Alaska, United States 0 8.2 M w [67] Was preceded by two foreshocks in 2020—M w 7.8 and 7.6.