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The recent 15 June 1995, M-0 = 6.0 x 10(18) N m, Aigion earthquake in the western Gulf of Korinthos has focused attention on the seismic hazard of the region. Although there have been few large earthquakes in the region during this century, the historical record suggests that there may have been many large earthquakes there in the interval 1750-1900. We present geodetic data that give estimates of the rate of extension of the Gulf of Korinthos during this century and which suggest that less than half of the elastic strain in the central and western Gulf of Korinthos has been released by earthquakes during this century. In contrast, the seismic and geodetic strains in the eastern Gulf of Korinthos are in agreement with each other. If the discrepancy between seismic and geodetic strains in the western Gulf of Korinthos that has accumulated during this century is removed in earthquakes, the moment release will be equivalent to several M-s > 6.5 earthquakes.
Author(s): Clarke PJ, Davies RR, England PC, Parsons BE, Billiris H, Paradissis D, Veis G, Denys PH, Cross PA, Ashkenazi V, Bingley R
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters
Year: 1997
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Pages: 1303-1306
Print publication date: 01/06/1997
ISSN (print): 0094-8276
ISSN (electronic): 1944-8007
Publisher: American Geophysical Union
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/97GL01042
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01042
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