2006 Greece earthquake

2006 Greece earthquake Mitata 2006 earthquake damage 082013.jpg The main church of Mitata, Kythira, after the earthquake Greece 2006-01-08 11:34:54 8012175 usp000e7u3 2006 01 08 yes 13:34:53 6.7 w y 55.0 km on 36.26 N 23.46 E type:event_region:GR-CR inline, title Oblique-slip Greece VIII 3 injured The 2006 Greece earthquake – also known as the Kythira earthquake – occurred on January 8 at 13:34:53 local time and was felt throughout the entire eastern Mediterranean basin. The earthquake an w y magnitude 6.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (Very strong). Its epicentre was located just off the island of Kythira about 200 km south of Athens. One person was injured and a number of buildings and roads in Kythira were heavily damaged as a result. Several older houses on the island completely collapsed while the central square of the village of Mitata partially fell into the valley as a result of a subsequent landslide. Few buildings were damaged on the mainland closest to the epicentre (Cape Malea). On the island of Crete, two people were slightly injured in their attempt to abandon their homes. Damage to 146 buildings was recorded in western Crete, including the old town hall of Chania, the third Venetian arsenal, nine schools and many of the houses in the old Venetian town center. Nevertheless, despite the magnitude and the duration of the tremor (buildings in Athens swayed for almost 40 seconds) no other significant injury or damage was reported in the country's strongest earthquake in decades. This was mainly because the quake had a focal depth of approximately 55 km. The tremor was felt as far away as in Bari on the Adriatic Sea, Naples and much of southern Italy, Malta, Cairo and even along the Lebanese, Syrian and Israeli shorelines. No tsunami was associated with this event. See also List of earthquakes in 2006 List of earthquakes in Greece References EXPO-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ December 1, 2008 United States Geological Survey Version 2007-12 ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009) http://www.isc.ac.uk/iscgem/index.php ISC 19 January 2015 International Seismological Centre Version 2.0 PAGER-CAT Earthquake Catalog https://earthquake.usgs.gov/static/lfs/data/pager/catalogs/ September 4, 2009 United States Geological Survey Version 2008_06.1 Sources The 8 January 2006 Earthquake (Mw 6.7) Offshore Kythira Island, Southern Greece: Seismological, Strong-motion, and Macroseismic Observations of an Intermediate-depth Event http://www.gein.noa.gr/services/kythira-links/Kythira-SRL775.pdf K. I. Konstantinou I. S. Kalogeras N. S. Melis M. C. Kourouzidis G. N. Stavrakakis 2006 Seismological Research Letters 77 5 544–553 10.1785/gssrl.77.5.544 2006SeiRL..77..544K External links Underwater Earthquake Rattles Greece – The New York Times Pictures of the damage kythera-family.net Earthquake shakes southern Greece – BBC News Kythira Earthquake – University of Athens 8012175 Category:Earthquakes in Greece Southern Greece Earthquake Category:January 2006 in Greece Category:2006 disasters in Greece