M6.7 earthquake near Rhodes, South Aegean

What happened

A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck 33 km SE of Karpathos, Greece on 13 Aug 1922, 00:09 UTC at a depth of 15 km.

Earthquakes of this size are classed as Strong. Can cause damage in populated areas up to tens of kilometres away. This was a shallow earthquake, which tends to be felt more strongly at the surface.

The nearest town in our records is Rhodes, about 138 km away in South Aegean, Greece.