2009 Crete earthquake
The 2009 Crete earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.4 on 1 July off the southern coast of the Island of Crete, Greece, at 12:30:09 local time.[1] The shock was felt as far away as Cairo, Egypt,[3] although it was not felt in Athens.[4] The quake was felt quite sharply in Lasithi prefecture, and throughout the Heraklion Prefecture.[5] There were a number of smaller earthquakes in the region in the three days preceding the quake, and there was a very small tsunami on the south coast of Crete on the day preceding the quake.[5]
The quake occurred along the plate boundary where the African Plate is pushing north and under the Aegean Sea Plate, causing the Hellenic Trench and subduction zone.[6]
Aftershocks
There were a large number of aftershocks lasting at least a week. Among the largest were:
- 4.9 Mw, on July 1 at 12:59:07 (local time) [7]
- 4.2 Mw, on July 2 at 09:17:12 (local time) [8]
- 4.3 Mw, on July 3 at 07:16:47 (local time) [9]
- 4.9 Mw, on July 7 at 03:32:46 (local time) [10]
- 4.8 Mw, on July 7 at 04:02:47 (local time) [11][12]
- 4.7 Mw, on July 8 at 09:19:58 (local time) [13]
- 4.6 Mw, on July 9 at 19:27:41 (local time) [14]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Latest Earthquakes - World: Magnitude 6.4 - Crete, Greece" 1 July 2009
- ↑ "LDEO Seismology Research: Surface Wave Event Locations" 1 July 2009
- ↑ "Strong earthquake shakes Greek island of Crete" The Sofia Echo 1 July 2009
- ↑ "Earthquake rocks Greek Crete island" U.P.I. 1 July 2009
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Τσουνάμι έφερε προχθες ισχυρός σεισμός στην Κρήτη" ("Tsunami was the day before a strong earthquake in Crete") Iraklio Web Radio 3 July 2009, in Greek, accessed 8 July 2009
- ↑ Meier, T et al. (2007) "A Model for the Hellenic Subduction Zone in the area of Crete based on seismological investigations" pp. 194-195 In Taymaz, Tuncay and Dilek, Yildirim (eds.) (2007) The Geodynamics of the Aegean and Anatolia Geological Society, London, pp. 183-200, ISBN 978-1-86239-239-7
- ↑ Aftershock 1 USGS
- ↑ Aftershock 2 USGS
- ↑ Aftershock 3 USGS
- ↑ Aftershock 4 USGS
- ↑ Aftershock 5 USGS
- ↑ "Earthquake Information: mb 4.7 Crete, Greece, 2009-07-07 01:02:47.5 UTC" EMSC (European Mediterranean Seismological Centre)
- ↑ Aftershock 6 USGS
- ↑
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