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- Title
- Central Greece Earthquakes of February-March 1981. A Reconnaissance and Engineering Report.
- File
- PB83171199.pdf
- Author(s)
- Carydis, P. G.; Tilford, N. R.; Brandow, G. E.; Jirsa, J. O.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., January 1982, 170 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- CETS-CND-018
- Abstract
- At 10:57 p.m. (local time) on February 24, 1981, an earthquake with a Richter magnitude of 6.7 occurred in the region around the eastern Gulf of Corinth. Initial reports placed the epicenter of this event in the Gulf of Corinth about 70 km west of Athens and 20 km north-northeast of Corinth. A major aftershock with a Richter magnitude of 6.3 occurred at 4:36 a.m. on February 25. The 1981 surface ruptures occurred along existing faults and were exposed for 1 to 5 km. The main event produced effects on the modified Mercalli scale of intensity 8 within an estimated area of 1,400 sq km. The most heavily damaged areas from the major earthquake and the first aftershock were concentrated around the southeastern coast of the Gulf of Corinth about 10 to 20 km from the epicenter of the major event.
- Keywords
- ; Structures; Damage assessment; Control; Greece; Construction; Bursting; Seismology; Seismic epicenter; Walls; Disasters; Earthquake engineering; Gulf of Corinth; Earthquakes; Geological faults