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.
Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
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300,000 | 1941-1942 | Great famine | Famine | Nationwide | |
39,258 | 2020-2023 | COVID-19 pandemic in Greece | Pandemic | Nationwide | |
3,550 | 1881 | 1881 Chios earthquake | Earthquake | Chios, North Aegean | |
1,300+ | 1987 | 1987 Greek heatwave | Heatwave | Nationwide | |
618 | 1856 | 1856 Heraklion earthquake | Earthquake | Crete and Rhodes, South Aegean | |
550 | 1867 | 1867 Lesbos earthquake | Earthquake | Lesbos, North Aegean | [1] |
445-800 | 1953 | 1953 Ionian earthquake | Earthquake | Ionian Islands | |
~400 | 1947 | SS Heimara | Shipwreck | Aegean Sea | |
326-600 | 1886 | 1886 Peloponnese earthquake | Earthquake | Peloponnese | |
~300 | 1923 | Sinking of the Alexander VII | Shipwreck | Off of Psyttaleia, Attica | |
225 | 1894 | 1894 Atalanti earthquakes | Earthquakes | Central Greece | |
200-224 | 1867 | 1867 Lixouri earthquake | Earthquake | Lixouri, Ionian Islands | [2] |
236 | 1966 | SS Heraklion | Shipwreck | Aegean Sea |
Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
181+ | 1933 | 1933 Kos earthquake | Earthquake | Kos, South Aegean | |
161-149 | 1932 | 1932 Ierissos earthquake | Earthquake | Macedonia | |
149 | 2009-2010 | 2009 swine flu pandemic | Pandemic | Nationwide | [3] |
143 | 1999 | 1999 Athens earthquake | Earthquake | Attica | |
121 | 2005 | Helios Airways Flight 522 | Plane crash | Grammatiko, Attica | |
117 | 1870 | 1870 Arachova earthquake | Earthquake | Arachova, Central Greece | [4] |
104 | 2018 | 2018 Attica wildfires | Forest fires | Attica |
Fatalities | Year | Article | Type | Location | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
90 | 1969 | Olympic Airways Flight 954 | Plane crash | near Keratea, Attica | |
88 | 1974 | TWA Flight 841 (1974) | Plane crash | Ionian Sea | |
85 | 2007 | 2007 Greek forest fires | Forest fires | Peloponnese, Attica and Euboea | |
81 | 2000 | MS Express Samina | Shipwreck | Offshore of Paros, South Aegean | |
75 | 1895 | 1895 Paramythia earthquake | Earthquake | Paramythia, Epirus | [5] |
70 | 1997 | Aerosvit Flight 241 | Plane crash | Thessaloniki, Macedonia | |
63 | 1991 | Mount Othrys disaster | Plane crash | Mount Othrys, Central Greece | [6] |
57 | 2023 | Tempi train crash | Train collision | Tempi, Thessaly | |
53 | 1956 | 1956 Amorgos earthquake | Earthquake | Santorini and Amorgos, South Aegean | |
50 | 1976 | Olympic Airways Flight 830 | Plane crash | Servia, Macedonia | |
49 | 1978 | 1978 Thessaloniki earthquake | Earthquake | Macedonia | |
44 | 1947 | 1947 Douglas DC-4 crash | Plane crash | Hymettus, Attica | [7] |
42 | 1975 | 1975 Chania German Air Force crash | Plane crash | Chania, Crete, South Aegean | [8] |
40 | 1941 | 1941 Larissa earthquake | Earthquake | Larissa, Thessaly | |
39 | 1900 | Egyptian ship Charkieh | Shipwreck | Karystos Bay, Central Greece | |
37 | 1972 | Olympic Airways Flight 506 | Plane crash | Voula, Attica | |
36 | 1889 | 1889 Lesbos earthquake | Earthquake | Lesbos, North Aegean | [9] |
34 | 1968 | Corinth rail disaster | Train collision | Derveni, Corinthia, Peloponnese | |
34 | 1989 | Olympic Aviation Flight 545 | Plane crash | Samos, North Aegean | |
~33 (Greek) | 1963 | TSMS Lakonia | Ship fire and sinking | north of Madeira | |
30 | 1958 | 1958 Ioannina bus crash | Bus crash | Ioannina, Epirus | [10] |
28 | 2023 | 2023 Greece wildfires | Forest fires | Widespread | |
28 | 2014 | MS Norman Atlantic | Ship fire | Strait of Otranto | |
28 | 1983 | Chrissi Avgi | Shipwreck | Near Cape Caphereus, Central Greece | |
26 | 1995 | 1995 Aigio earthquake | Earthquake | Western Greece | |
25+ | 1954 | 1954 Sofades earthquake | Earthquake | Thessaly and Central Greece | |
25 | 1979 | 1979 Thessaloniki bus crash | Bus crash | Near Thessaloniki | [11] |
24 | 2017 | 2017 West Attica floods | Floods | Attica | |
24 | 1948 | 1948 Czech Airlines crash | Plane crash | Mount Taigetos, Peloponnese | [12] |
23 | 1970 | 1970 Cithaeron HAF C-47 crash | Plane crash | Cithaeron, Central Greece | [13] |
22 | 1949 | 1949 National Greek Airlines crash | Plane crash | Athens, Attica | [14] |
21 | 1981 | Karaiskakis Stadium disaster | Crowd crush | Piraeus, Attica | |
21 | 2003 | Tempi road accident disaster | Road accident | Tempi, Thessaly | |
21 | 2017 | Cyclone Numa | Tropical Cyclone | Attica | |
21 | 1972 | Orfana rail disaster | Train collision | Fyllo, Karditsa, Thessaly | |
20-24 | 1986 | 1986 Kalamata earthquake | Earthquake | Peloponnese | |
20-22 | 1981 | 1981 Gulf of Corinth earthquakes | Earthquake | Peloponnese and Athens | |
20+ | 1861 | 1861 Eliki earthquake | Earthquake | Gulf of Corinth | |
20 | 1968 | 1968 Aegean Sea earthquake | Earthquake | North Aegean | |
20 | 1996 | F/G Dystos | Shipwreck | Offshore of Kymi, Central Greece | |
19-67 | 1957 | 1957 Fethiye earthquakes | Earthquake | Rhodes, South Aegean | |
19 | 1959 | Olympic Airways Flight 214 | Plane crash | Avlona, Attica | [15] |
19 | 1954 | 1954 Elefsina Air Base crash | Plane crash | Elefsina Air Base | [16] |
17 | 2023 | Storm Daniel | Tropical Cyclone | Thessaly and Central Greece | |
17 | 1983 | 1983 Salonica-Athens bus crash | Bus crash | Attica | [17] |
17 | 2004 | 2004 Hellenic Army Chinook crash | Helicopter crash | Off of Mount Athos | |
17 | 1956 | 1956 Elefsina Air Base crash | Plane crash | Elefsina Air Base | [18] |
17 | 1943 | 1943 Rhodes SM.75 crash | Plane crash | Maritsa, Rhodes, South Aegean | [19] |
14 | 1979 | Swissair Flight 316 | Plane crash | Athens, Attica | |
14 | 1979 | 1979 Samos bus crash | Bus crash | Samos, North Aegean | [20] |
13 | 1993 | 1993 Ikaria forest fire | Forest fire | Ikaria, North Aegean | |
11 | 2022 | Euroferry Olympia fire | Ship fire | Off of Corfu, Ionian Islands | |
11 | 1982 | 1982 US Navy C-1A Trader crash | Plane crash | Chania, Crete, South Aegean | [21] |
10 | 1952 | 1952 USAF C-124 crash | Plane crash | Aroania, Peloponnese | [22] |
10 | 1994 | 1994 Aigeiros helicopter crash | Helicopter crash | Aigeiros, Eastern Macedonia and Thrace | [23] |
10 | 2013 | Collision between the M/V Consouth and the M/V Pirireis | Ship collision | Offshore of Peloponnese | [24] |