1953 Kefalonia Earthquake

In 1953, a 7.6 earthquake devastated the Greek Island of Kefalonia. A few buildings in the north survived but the capital, Argostoli, was flattened. With the economy in ruin, the majority of the population were forcibly evacuated, ending up scattered throughout the world. One hundred and twenty-five thousand people lived on Kefalonia before the disaster, less than twenty-five thousand live there today.