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Magnitude 6.0 GREECE
1999 September 07 11:56:49 UTC

Preliminary Earthquake Report
U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver

Date-Time 1999 09 07 11:56:49 UTC Location 38.11N 23.60E Depth 10.0 kilometers Magnitude 6.0 Region GREECE Reference Source USGS NEIC

One hundred forty-three people killed, 1,600 injured, 50,000 homeless and at least 53,000 buildings damaged or destroyed (IX) in the Athens area. Preliminary estimate of damage at 655 million U.S. dollars. Felt in much of central Greece and as far as Izmir, Turkey.

Location Map Historical Seismicity Theoretical P-Wave Travel Times Moment Tensor Solution Energy and Broadband Solution Phase (Arrival Time) Data

Special Reports EQE Report MCEET Report University of Athens Institute Of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering of Greece (I.T.S.A.K) Damage Photos

NB: The region name is an automatically generated name from the Flinn-Engdahl (F-E) seismic and geographical regionalization scheme. The boundaries of these regions are defined at one-degree intervals and therefore differ from irregular political boundaries. More->