M6.5 GREECE on November 17th 2015 at 07:10 UTC

Last update: 4 January 2016 at 10:04 UTC

Earthquake details | Aftershocks locations | Intensity map
Comments posted by the witnesses | Send us pictures or videos | Epicenter location

Earthquake details

A magnitude 6.5 earthquake hit western Greece near the Greek island of Lefkada on November 17th, 2015 at 7h10 UTC (9h10 local time). More information on the main shock is available here.

This event has been felt for distances larger than 300 km from the epicenter. Local authorities had received damage reports and it appears that the earthquake has killed 2 peoples (see greekreporter ,huffingtonpost, washingtonpost).

The mainshock has been followed by a magnitude 5.3 earthquake at 8h33 UTC (10h33 local time). See here for more information.

The wertern coasts are well known seismic regions and last year, in 2014, two earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 6 occurred. Their location was 60 km southern, near Kefalonia island.

You may find some pictures and videos on the damage at Lefkada island caused by the earthquake on http://www.mylefkada.gr/. Take a look at this impressive video that was recorded during the earthquake (youtube) !

If you have experienced this earthquake, you are invited to answer the online questionnaire. Your testimony will be useful to update the Intensity map here below, where intensities correspond to the effects of the earthquake.
You can also read the comments posted by people who experienced this event or view them on the interactive map here below.

Read more:

• Quick estimate of source complexity by J. Zahradnik and E. Sokos.
• Preliminary earthquake report by Ganas et al.
• Preliminary earthquake report by P. Papadimitriou et al.

 

Aftershocks locations

Aftershocks and population	Aftershocks and topography
Aftershocks time distribution	Aftershocks time rate

Intensity map

(generated with the results of the online questionnaire)
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Comments posted by the witnesses

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Epicenter location

Main Shock Epicenter Location

Past Regional Seismicity as from the ISC catalogue (1964-2004) and EMSC Real Time catalogue (2005-today)

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