1722 Greece: Lefkada: Damiliani, Athani, Hagios Petros Earthquake

On 5 June 1722 a magnitude 6.0 earthquake damaged the Lefkada villages of Damiliani, Athani, and Hagios Petros, with shaking rated at Mercalli intensity VIII. The island lies at 38.71 N, 20.63 E, along the Cephalonia transform fault, the short but exceptionally active strike-slip boundary separating continental collision in the north from oceanic subduction beneath the Hellenic Arc to the south. Lefkada has one of the densest concentrations of damaging earthquakes in Greece, and its traditional timber-framed upper storeys developed as a direct response. Neither focal depth nor casualty and damage figures were entered for 1722.

1722 Greece: Lefkada: Damiliani, Athani, Hagios Petros: M6.0 at depth unrecorded. No recorded casualties. In the seismically active Eastern Mediterranean region.