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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 ...
The earthquake was recorded as a magnitude 6.3 earthquake by the United States Geological Survey, while the Institute of Geodynamics in Athens recorded it as a magnitude 6.0 earthquake. [6] Seismological events are quite common in Greece. In 2020 a 7.0 earthquake rattled the Aegean Sea killing at least 119
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 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]
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Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a moment magnitude 8.5 or higher. [5] It caused widespread destruction in the central and southern Diocese of Macedonia (modern Greece), Africa Proconsularis (northern Libya), Egypt, Cyprus, Sicily, [7] and Hispania . [8] On Crete, nearly all towns were destroyed. [5]
The local tectonic movement on these two fault sets are 0.3–1.3 mm/yr and 0.6–1.0 mm/yr respectively. These faults range from 3 km to 30 km in length and can produce earthquakes of magnitude of 7.0 at their maximum. [9] The epicentre of the earthquake lies within the Heraklion sedimentary basin, which is fault-controlled.
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 .