List of disasters in Greece by death toll

This list of Greek disasters by death toll includes major disasters (excluding acts of war) that occurred on Greek soil or involved Greek citizens, in a definable incident. In this list, Greece refers to the Hellenic Republic from 1821 to present. over 200 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments300,0001941-1942Great famineFamineNationwide39,2582020-2023COVID-19 pandemic in GreecePandemicNationwide3,55018811881 Chios earthquakeEarthquakeChios, North Aegean1,300+19871987 Athens heat waveHeatwaveNationwide61818561856 Heraklion earthquakeEarthquakeCrete and Rhodes, South Aegean55018671867 Lesbos earthquakeEarthquakeLesbos, North Aegean445-80019531953 Ionian earthquakeEarthquakeIonian Islands~4001947SS HeimaraShipwreckAegean Sea326-60018861886 Peloponnese earthquakeEarthquakePeloponnese~3001923ShipwreckOff of Psyttaleia, Attica22518941894 Atalanti earthquakesEarthquakesCentral Greece200-22418671867 Lixouri earthquakeEarthquakeLixouri, Ionian Islands2361966SS HeraklionShipwreckAegean Sea

100 to 199 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments181+19331933 Kos earthquakeEarthquakeKos, South Aegean161-14919321932 Ierissos earthquakeEarthquakeMacedonia1492009-20102009 swine flu pandemicPandemicNationwide14319991999 Athens earthquakeEarthquakeAttica1212005Helios Airways Flight 522Plane crashGrammatiko, Attica11718701870 Arachova earthquakeEarthquakeArachova, Central Greece10420182018 Attica wildfiresForest firesAttica 10 to 99 deaths

FatalitiesYearArticleTypeLocationComments901969Olympic Airways Flight 954Plane crashnear Keratea, Attica881974TWA Flight 841 (1974)Plane crashIonian Sea8520072007 Greek forest firesForest firesPeloponnese, Attica and Euboea812000MS Express SaminaShipwreckOffshore of Paros, South Aegean7518951895 Paramythia earthquakeEarthquakeParamythia, Epirus701997Aerosvit Flight 241Plane crashThessaloniki, Macedonia631991Mount Othrys disasterPlane crashMount Othrys, Central Greece572023Tempi train crashTrain collisionTempi, Thessaly5319561956 Amorgos earthquakeEarthquakeSantorini and Amorgos, South Aegean501976Olympic Airways Flight 830Plane crashServia, Macedonia4919781978 Thessaloniki earthquakeEarthquakeMacedonia4419471947 Douglas DC-4 crashPlane crashHymettus, Attica4219751975 Chania German Air Force crashPlane crashChania, Crete, South Aegean401941EarthquakeLarissa, Thessaly391900Egyptian ship CharkiehShipwreckKarystos Bay, Central Greece371972Olympic Airways Flight 506Plane crashVoula, Attica3618891889 Lesbos earthquakeEarthquakeLesbos, North Aegean341968Corinth rail disasterTrain collisionDerveni, Corinthia, Peloponnese341989Olympic Aviation Flight 545Plane crashSamos, North Aegean~33 (Greek)1963TSMS LakoniaShip fire and sinkingnorth of Madeira3019581958 Ioannina bus crashBus crashIoannina, Epirus2820232023 Greece wildfiresForest firesWidespread282014MS Norman AtlanticShip fireStrait of Otranto281983Chrissi AvgiShipwreckNear Cape Caphereus, Central Greece2619951995 Aigio earthquakeEarthquakeWestern Greece25+19541954 Sofades earthquakeEarthquakeThessaly and Central Greece2519791979 Thessaloniki bus crashBus crashNear Thessaloniki2420172017 West Attica floodsFloodsAttica2419481948 Czech Airlines crashPlane crashMount Taigetos, Peloponnese2319701970 Cithaeron HAF C-47 crashPlane crashCithaeron, Central Greece2219491949 National Greek Airlines crashPlane crashAthens, Attica211981Karaiskakis Stadium disasterCrowd crushPiraeus, Attica212003Tempi road accident disasterRoad accidentTempi, Thessaly212017Cyclone NumaTropical CycloneAttica211972Orfana rail disasterTrain collisionFyllo, Karditsa, Thessaly20-2419861986 Kalamata earthquakeEarthquakePeloponnese20-2219811981 Gulf of Corinth earthquakesEarthquakePeloponnese and Athens20+18611861 Eliki earthquakeEarthquakeGulf of Corinth2019681968 Aegean Sea earthquakeEarthquakeNorth Aegean201996ShipwreckOffshore of Kymi, Central Greece19-6719571957 Fethiye earthquakesEarthquakeRhodes, South Aegean191959Plane crashAvlona, Attica1919541954 Elefsina Air Base crashPlane crashElefsina Air Base172023Storm DanielTropical CycloneThessaly and Central Greece1719831983 Salonica-Athens bus crashBus crashAttica172004Helicopter crashOff of Mount Athos1719561956 Elefsina Air Base crashPlane crashElefsina Air Base1719431943 Rhodes SM.75 crashPlane crashMaritsa, Rhodes, South Aegean141979Swissair Flight 316Plane crashAthens, Attica1419791979 Samos bus crashBus crashSamos, North Aegean1319931993 Ikaria forest fireForest fireIkaria, North Aegean112022Euroferry Olympia fireShip fireOff of Corfu, Ionian Islands1119821982 US Navy C-1A Trader crashPlane crashChania, Crete, South Aegean1019521952 USAF C-124 crashPlane crashAroania, Peloponnese1019941994 Aigeiros helicopter crashHelicopter crashAigeiros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace102013Collision between the M/V Consouth and the M/V PirireisShip collisionOffshore of Peloponnese

See also List of rail accidents in Greece List of earthquakes in Greece List of disasters in Croatia by death toll List of disasters in Romania by death toll List of disasters in Spain by death toll

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