Mw 6.9 earthquake in South-Eastern Greece on February 14th, 2008 at 10:09 UTC

 

An event of magnitude Mw 6.9 occurred on 14/02/2008 at 10:09 UTC off coast of South-Eastern Peloponnese, Greece.
The main shock was followed by a Mw 6.2 aftershork 2 hours later (12:08 UTC).

Distances to cities (main shock): 62 km SW Kalamata; 29 km S Methoni



Preliminary studies:

• Quick assessment of the fault plane by Sokos E, Serpetsidaki A, Zahradnik J and Tselentis G.-A. (pdf)



More information on:

• The main shock at 10:09 UTC
• The Mw 6.2 aftershock at 12:08 UTC



Report your experience:

• The main shock at 10:09 UTC (12:09 local time)
• The Mw 6.2 aftershock at 12:08 UTC (14:08 local time)



Main shock location


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Links:

 National Observatory of Athens, Geodynamic Institute Athens, Greece
 Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki<%2Fa> Thessaloniki, Greece
 University of Athens Athens, Greece
 University of Patras Patras, Greece