Country

Greece

Greece on the map: 5 Holocene volcanoes and 44 strong earthquakes – with eruptions, elevations and dates.

Holocene volcanoes
5
Confirmed eruptions
18
Highest volcano
Milos 751 m
Strong earthquakes (catalogue)
44
Strongest
M 7.9 1903
Holocene volcanoes and the strongest earthquakes

Volcanoes

VolcanoTypeElevationEruptionsLast
Santorini Shield volcanoes 367 m 11 1950
Nisyros Stratovolcanoes 698 m 4 1888
Kolumbo Complex volcanoes −18 m 1 1650
Methana Lava domes 380 m 1 258 BCE
Milos Stratovolcanoes 751 m 1 140

Strongest earthquakes

  1. M 7.9 · Southern Greece 11 August 1903 · 80 km
  2. M 7.7 · 19 km SSE of Amorgós, Greece 9 July 1956 · 20 km
  3. M 7.3 · 4 km WNW of Koróni, Greece 6 October 1947 · 15 km
  4. M 7.3 · 15 km NNW of Karpathos, Greece 9 February 1948 · 15 km
  5. M 7.2 · Aegean Sea 8 November 1905 · 15 km
  6. M 7.2 · 61 km W of Eresós, Greece 19 December 1981 · 10 km
  7. M 7.0 · 26 km SW of Lixoúri, Greece 17 January 1983 · 14 km
  8. M 7.0 · 13 km NNE of Néon Karlovásion, Greece 30 October 2020 · 21 km
  9. M 7.0 · 5 km NNW of Kéfalos, Greece 26 June 1926 · 15 km
  10. M 7.0 · 55 km S of Mýrina, Greece 19 February 1968 · 11 km
  11. M 6.9 · 7 km NNE of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece 26 September 1932 · 10 km
  12. M 6.9 · 35 km S of Methóni, Greece 14 February 2008 · 29 km
  13. M 6.9 · 21 km SSW of Kamariótissa, Greece 24 May 2014 · 6 km
  14. M 6.8 · 15 km ENE of Póros, Greece 12 August 1953 · 10 km
  15. M 6.8 · 6 km SW of Galaxídhion, Greece 31 March 1965 · 61 km
  16. M 6.8 · 28 km SSE of Karyes, Greece 18 January 1982 · 10 km
  17. M 6.8 · 39 km NW of Mýrina, Greece 6 August 1983 · 2 km
  18. M 6.8 · 32 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece 25 October 2018 · 14 km
  19. M 6.7 · Ionian Sea 15 November 1959 · 15 km
  20. M 6.7 · 33 km SE of Karpathos, Greece 13 August 1922 · 15 km
  21. M 6.7 · 5 km SW of Domvraína, Greece 24 February 1981 · 33 km
  22. M 6.7 · 26 km NE of Kýthira, Greece 8 January 2006 · 66 km
  23. M 6.7 · 7 km NE of Anávra, Greece 30 April 1954 · 10 km
  24. M 6.6 · 35 km NW of Itháki, Greece 22 April 1948 · 15 km
  25. M 6.6 · 22 km NNE of Skýros, Greece 4 March 1967 · 10 km
  26. M 6.6 · 10 km W of Aianí, Greece 13 May 1995 · 14 km
  27. M 6.6 · 22 km SW of Lithakiá, Greece 18 November 1997 · 33 km
  28. M 6.6 · 36 km W of Kíssamos, Greece 12 October 2013 · 40 km
  29. M 6.6 · 11 km ENE of Kos, Greece 20 July 2017 · 7 km
  30. M 6.5 · 13 km ESE of Itháki, Greece 11 August 1953 · 10 km
  31. M 6.5 · 6 km N of Tríkeri, Greece 20 January 1905 · 15 km
  32. M 6.5 · 32 km NNW of Lixoúri, Greece 7 August 1915 · 15 km
  33. M 6.5 · 46 km SSE of Kastrí, Greece 17 December 1952 · 25 km
  34. M 6.5 · 29 km E of Skýros, Greece 27 December 1981 · 13 km
  35. M 6.5 · 8 km WNW of Galaxídhion, Greece 15 June 1995 · 14 km
  36. M 6.5 · 32 km WNW of Skýros, Greece 26 July 2001 · 10 km
  37. M 6.5 · 50 km S of Koróni, Greece 14 February 2008 · 28 km
  38. M 6.5 · 19 km SSW of Lefkáda, Greece 17 November 2015 · 11 km
  39. M 6.5 · 91 km S of Néa Anatolí, Greece 2 May 2020 · 10 km
  40. M 6.4 · 15 km ESE of Várda, Greece 8 June 2008 · 16 km
  41. M 6.2 · 66 km SE of Emporeío, Greece 22 May 2025 · 64 km
  42. M 6.1 · 1 km ENE of Lixoúri, Greece 26 January 2014 · 8 km
  43. M 6.0 · 20 km SSE of Fry, Greece 13 May 2025 · 76 km
  44. M 5.3 · 1 km NNE of Magoúla, Greece 19 July 2019 · 10 km