M6.3 earthquake near Livadeiá, Central Greece

What happened

A magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck 4 km SSE of Antikyra, Greece on 8 Apr 1970, 13:50 UTC at a depth of 13 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 Livadeiá, about 21 km away in Central Greece, Greece.