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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 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.
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 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 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 7.8 magnitude earthquake and 7.5 magnitude aftershock flattened buildings, killing and injuring thousands. ‘Like the apocalypse’: Videos show devastation after huge earthquakes in Turkey ...
A strong earthquake measuring magnitude M w 6.8 occurred in the Ionian Sea near the coasts of Greece during the night between 25 and 26 October 2018 at 22:54:51 UTC (01:54:51 in Greece). [2] Sea level changes were predicted, [3] and a tsunami advisory was issued. [4] Reports of sea level change of up to 20 centimeters were reported in Greece ...
An earthquake struck Western Greece near the coastal city of Aigio at 03:15:48 local time on 15 June 1995. The second destructive earthquake to strike Greece in a month, it measured 6.4–6.5 on the moment magnitude scale (M w ). It was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe) and EMS-98 intensity of IX (Destructive).