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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.
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
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 earthquake; 2008 Dodecanese earthquake; 2008 Peloponnese earthquake ...
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]
An earthquake occurred in the northern Aegean Sea between Greece and Turkey on May 24, 2014. It had a moment magnitude of 6.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII ( Severe ). Serious damage was reported on the Turkish island of Imbros and the cities of Edirne and Çanakkale , as well as on the Greek island of Lemnos .
ATHENS (Reuters) -At least two people died and three were missing on Wednesday after torrential rain flooded homes and businesses and destroyed infrastructure in central Greece, the fire brigade said.
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.