Crete Earthquake History

The 1886 Peloponnese earthquake occurred at 2327 local time 2132 UTC on 27 AugustIt had an estimated magnitude between 68 and 73 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum felt intensity of X Extreme on the Mercalli intensity scaleIt caused extensive damage in Messenia with the towns of Filiatra and Marathos both severely affected. The earthquakes epicentre was located just southwest of the small island of Kara Ada on the northern side of the Gulf of GökovaThe gulf is a result of extensional tectonics related to ongoing subduction of the African Plate beneath the Aegean Sea Plate and is currently expanding in a north-south direction on a set of west-east trending normal faults.

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Between 326 and 600 people were killed.

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