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September 13, 1986

On September 13, 1986, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city. The year's #1 song was "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends (Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Elton John and Stevie Wonder). Nikolaos Kourtidis, Hillary Scott, Olivia Borlée would arrive in the same year.

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A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city.

The 1986 Kalamata earthquake struck the southern Peloponnese Region of Greece on September 13 at 20:24 local time. 9 earthquake had an epicenter near the coastal city of Kalamata and was assigned X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquake was the result of normal faulting along a northwest-dipping fault and produced surface ruptures.

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1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1986th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 986th year of the 2nd millennium, the 86th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1980s decade.

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On September 13, 1986

1986 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes Kalamata, Greece with a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme), killing at least 20 and causing heavy damage in the city.

Earthquake in Greece

The 1986 Kalamata earthquake struck the southern Peloponnese Region of Greece on September 13 at 20:24 local time. 9 earthquake had an epicenter near the coastal city of Kalamata and was assigned X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale. The earthquake was the result of normal faulting along a northwest-dipping fault and produced surface ruptures.

Arrivals

Born on September 13, 1986

Steve Colpaert 1986– Belgian footballer

Derek Hardman 1986– American football player (born 1986)

Kamui Kobayashi 1986– Japanese racing driver (born 1986)

Sean Williams 1986– American basketball player (born 1986)

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Nikolaos Kourtidis 1986– Greek weightlifter

Hillary Scott 1986– American country singer-songwriter

Olivia Borlée 1986– Belgian sprinter

Fernando Gago 1986– Argentine footballer and manager

Corey Kluber 1986– American baseball pitcher

Vincent Kompany 1986– Belgian footballer and manager

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