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Valsamata is a village in the municipal unit of Omala on the island of ___MASK62___ , Greece . It is located 9 km east of Argostoli and 17 km west of Poros . The village is situated in a valley between hills , at about 400 m elevation . The 1953 Ionian earthquake caused great damage in Valsamata . Peratata is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Leivatho , in the southern part of the island of Cephalonia , ___MASK38___ . It is situated at the foot of a hill , which is crowned by the Agios Georgios fortress . The community consists of the villages Peratata and Kastro . The western part of Peratata is referred to as Travliata . Peratata is 2 km north of Kerameies , 3 km south of Troianata , 8 km southeast of Argostoli and 19 km west of Poros . The road from Argostoli to Poros and Skala passes through the village . Demoutsantata ( before 1940 :  - " Montesantata ") is a village in the municipal unit of Argostoli on the island of ___MASK62___ , Greece . It is part of the community of Troianata . It is located 1 km south of Troianata and 6 km southeast of Argostoli . Troianata ( Greek :  ) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Argostoli , on the island of Cephalonia , ___MASK38___ . The community consists of the villages Troianata ( population 99 in 2001 ) , Demoutsantata ( pop . 63 ) and Mitakata ( pop . 13 ) . Troianata is situated on a hillside , at about 300 m elevation . It is 3 km north of Peratata , 3 km southwest of Valsamata and 6 km southeast of Argostoli . Troianata suffered great damage from the 1953 Ionian earthquake . The 1953 Ionian earthquake ( also known as the Great ___MASK62___ earthquake ) struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece on August 12 . In mid - August there were over 113 recorded earthquakes in the region between ___MASK62___ and Zakynthos , and the most destructive was the August 12 earthquake . The event measured 7 . 2 on the surface wave magnitude scale , and it raised up the whole island of ___MASK62___ by , and caused widespread damage throughout the islands of ___MASK62___ and Zakynthos . Leivatho is a former municipality on the island of ___MASK62___ , Ionian Islands , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ___MASK62___ , of which it is a municipal unit . It lies south of Argostoli , on the central south coast of the island , and has a land area of 62 . 626 km² and a population of 5 , 745 ( 2011 census ). Its largest towns are Peratáta ( 751 ), Svoronáta ( pop . 710 ), Vlacháta ( 699 ), and Lakithra ( 613 ). Thessaloniki is the second - largest city in ___MASK38___ and the capital of Greek Macedonia , the administrative region of Central Macedonia and the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace . Its nickname is   (" Symprotévousa "), literally " the co - capital ", a reference to its historical status as the  (" Symvasilévousa ") or " co - reigning " city of the Eastern Roman ( Byzantine ) Empire , alongside Constantinople . ___MASK38___ (' ), officially the Hellenic Republic ( Greek : ' ), historically also known as Hellas ("" ), is a country in southeastern Europe . ___MASK38___ ' s population is approximately 10 . 955 million as of 2015 . ___MASK28___ is the nation ' s capital and largest city , followed by Thessaloniki . Argostoli ( Katharevousa :  ) is a town and a former municipality on the island of ___MASK62___ , Ionian Islands , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality ___MASK62___ , of which it is a municipal unit . It has been the capital and administrative centre of ___MASK62___ since 1757 , following a population shift down from the old capital of Agios Georgios ( also known as Kastro ) to take advantage of the trading opportunities provided by the sheltered bay upon which Argostoli sits . Argostoli developed into one of the busiest ports in Greece , leading to prosperity and growth . The municipal unit has an area of 157 . 670 km . The 2011 census recorded a population of 10 , 633 in the Argostoli municipal unit . Its largest towns are Argostóli ( pop . 9 , 748 ), Razata ( 507 ), Dilináta ( 496 ) and Kompothekráta ( 449 ). Kerameies ( also  - " Keramies ") is a community located in the southern part of the island of ___MASK62___ . It was the seat of the municipality of Leivatho . In the village is the largest school in the area , from kindergarten to high school named " Vallianio Likio Keramion " ( http :// lyk - keram . kef . sch . gr ). It is situated in low hills , at about 140 m elevation . Kerameies is 2 km south of Peratata , 2 km east of Metaxata and 9 km southeast of Argostoli . The village was home to two families of merchants and shipowners , Lykiardopoulos and Vallianos . The Vallianos family is considered a great benefactor of Greece as a result of their donations made to the country , and particularly for the funding of the building of the National Library of Greece in Athens ( 1888  1903 ). The village as well as almost the entire island ( excluding the Fiskardo area ) was struck by the 1953 Ionian earthquake that shook and destroyed every building in the village . The Ionian Islands ( Modern Greek : ; Ancient Greek , Katharevousa : ) are a group of islands in ___MASK38___ . They are traditionally called the Heptanese , i . e . " the Seven Islands " ( or ), but the group includes many smaller islands as well as the seven principal ones . As a distinct historic region they date to the centuries - long Venetian rule , which preserved them from becoming part of the Ottoman Empire , and created a distinct cultural identity with many Italian influences . The Ionian Islands became part of the modern Greek state in 1864 . Administratively today they belong to the Ionian Islands Region except for Kythera , which belongs to the Attica Region . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : Austria , ___MASK82___ , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , ___MASK67___ , ___MASK38___ , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , Lithuania , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , ___MASK75___ , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . ___MASK28___ (" Athína " ) is the capital and largest city of Greece . ___MASK28___ dominates the Attica region and is one of the world ' s oldest cities , with its recorded history spanning over 3 , 400 years , and its earliest human presence starting somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC . Classical ___MASK28___ was a powerful city - state that emerged in conjunction with the seagoing development of the port of Piraeus , which had been a distinct city prior to its 5th century BC incorporation with ___MASK28___ . A centre for the arts , learning and philosophy , home of Plato ' s Academy and Aristotle ' s Lyceum , it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy , largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent , and in particular the Romans . In modern times , ___MASK28___ is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic , financial , industrial , maritime , political and cultural life in Greece . In 2015 , ___MASK28___ was ranked the world ' s 29th richest city by purchasing power and the 67th most expensive in a UBS study . ___MASK56___ or Zante ( from Venetian ) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea . It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands . ___MASK56___ is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region , and its only municipality . It covers an area of and its coastline is roughly in length . The name , like all similar names ending in - nthos , is pre - Mycenaean or Pelasgian in origin . In Greek mythology the island was said to be named after ___MASK56___ , the son of a legendary Arcadian chief Dardanus . Cephalonia or ___MASK62___ ( or ), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region , and the only municipality of the regional unit . It was also a former Latin Catholic diocese ___MASK62___  Zakynthos ( Cefalonia  Zante ) and short - lived titular see as just ___MASK62___ . Katharevousa (, literally " purifying [ language ]"), is a form of the Modern Greek language conceived in the early 19th century as a compromise between Ancient Greek and the Demotic Greek of the time . Originally , it was widely used both for literary and official purposes , though seldom in daily language . In the 20th century , it was increasingly adopted for official and formal purposes , until Demotic Greek became the official language of ___MASK38___ in 1976 and Andreas Papandreou abolished the polytonic system of writing both Demotic and Katharevousa in 1982 . The surface wave magnitude ( formula_1 ) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake . It is based on measurements in Rayleigh surface waves that travel primarily along the uppermost layers of the ___MASK14___ . It is currently used in People ' s Republic of ___MASK55___ as a national standard ( GB 17740 - 1999 ) for categorising earthquakes . ___MASK8___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK8___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the ___MASK90___ to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK8___ is generally considered as separated from Asia by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK8___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK8___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries .