In 1953 after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake totally devastated most of the Ionian Islands , he offered substantial sums of money to families who suffered the most damage , as well as acting as an intermediate for the humanitarian aid offered to Greece by the Scandinavian countries , in response to one of Greece 's worst natural disaster in centuries . The village of Evgeniko in Thrace was also renamed in his honor , after he provided for its crucial water supply
magnitude 7.2 earthquake
1953 Ionian earthquake
Eugenios Eugenidis