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In mainland Greece, normal faulting gives earthquakes up to 7 in magnitude, while in the northern Aegean, strike-slip events with a magnitude of 7.2 have been recorded. Large intermediate depth (>50 km) earthquakes of magnitude >7 from within the subducting African plate have been recorded but such events cause little damage, although they are ...
An 1880 portrayal of the Colossus of Rhodes, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 226 BC. At the time of the earthquake, Rhodes was an Aegean port city which was famous for the large bronze statue that stood near its harbor. [7] It was one of the major trading cities of the Mediterranean Sea, along with the city of Alexandria in Egypt.
A moment magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the island of Crete in Greece at a depth of 6 km on 27 September 2021. [4] [5] [6] The epicenter of the earthquake was located southeast of Heraklion. The quake killed one person, injured 36 (one indirect) and damaged over 5,000 old buildings on the island. [7] [8]
1904 Samos earthquake; 1928 Chirpan–Plovdiv earthquakes; 1932 Ierissos earthquake; 1933 Kos earthquake; 1953 Ionian earthquake; 1954 Sofades earthquake; 1956 Amorgos earthquake; 1968 Aegean Sea earthquake; 1981 Gulf of Corinth earthquakes; 1986 Kalamata earthquake; 1995 Kozani–Grevena earthquake; 1999 Athens earthquake; 2006 Greece ...
The 1995 Kozani–Grevena earthquake was a large earthquake that occurred on May 13, 1995, in the region of Western Macedonia, Greece.With a magnitude of 6.6 on the moment magnitude scale, this earthquake caused locally significant damage to villages and towns in the regions of Kozani and Grevena. 25 people were injured and monetary damages of $450 million were caused as a result of the ...
The quake was recorded as a 6.3 earthquake by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, but was upgraded to 6.4 in magnitude.Efthymios Lekkas, president of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation, said that the quake was not directly related to the first tremor a month ago, but instead was a sign of the activation of the Eastern part of the Hellenic arc. [6]
The 1986 Kalamata earthquake struck the southern Peloponnese Region of Greece on September 13 at 20:24 local time. The 12.5 km (7.8 mi) deep moment magnitude (M w ) 5.9 earthquake had an epicenter near the coastal city of Kalamata [ 1 ] and was assigned X ( Extreme ) on the Mercalli intensity scale .
The Hellenic arc is one of the most active seismic zones in western Eurasia. [2] It has regularly been the source for magnitude 7 earthquakes in the last hundred years of instrumental recording and the location for at least two historical events that were probably of about magnitude 8 or more, the 365 Crete earthquake and the 1303 Crete earthquake.