The 7.2 <span about="#mwt33" data-mw='{"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"M","href":"./Template:M"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"s"}},"i":0}}]}' id="mwvg" typeof="mw:Transclusion">M</span><sub about="#mwt33">s</sub><span about="#mwt33" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><link about="#mwt33" href="./Category:Articles_using_MS_magnitude_scale" id="mwvw" rel="mw:PageProp/Category"/> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1953_Ionian_earthquake" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="1953 Ionian earthquake">Ionian earthquake</a> shakes the southern <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionian_Islands" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ionian Islands">Ionian Islands</a> with a maximum <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercalli_intensity_scale" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mercalli intensity scale">Mercalli intensity</a> of X (<i id="mwww">Extreme</i>). Between 445 and 800 people are killed.