Origin time 20:03 UTC Depth 16km | Magnitude 6.2 Mw Max. intensity IX (Violent) | |
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Date 20 June 1978 (1978-06-20) Areas affected GreeceYugoslaviaBulgaria | ||
The Great Thessaloniki earthquake (Greek: Μεγάλος Σεισμός της Θεσσαλονίκης) occurred on 20 June at 23:03 local time. The shock registered 6.2 on the moment magnitude scale, had a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), and was felt throughout northern Greece, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria. It was the largest event in the area since the 1932 Ierissos earthquake.
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1978 Thessaloniki earthquake Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA