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1 Dr. EFTHYMIS LEKKAS PROFESSOR OF DYNAMIC TECTONIC APPLIED GEOLOGY & NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EARTHQUAKE PLANNING & PROTECTION ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREECE SPYRIDON MAVROULIS GEOLOGIST MSC PHD CANDIDATE KATERINA KARALI GEOLOGIST MSC STUDENT THE EARTHQUAKES (Mw 6.0) OF 26 JAN & 3 FEB 2014 A GEODYNAMIC EPISODE IN THE EVOLUTION OF KEFALONIA ISLAND ARGOSTOLI 2014

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3 , 19 September Sanudo, M. (1886), Μανούσακας, M.I. (1967) NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS , 22 July Ζώης, Λ.Χ. (1893), Κατράμης, Ν. (1880), Κονόμος, Ντ. (1970), Τσιτσέλης, Η. (1960), Kouskouna, V. et al (1993), Makropoulos, Κ. & Kouskouna, V. (1994) , 23 October, 2 November Ζώης, Λ.Χ. (1893), Κατραμής, Ν. (1880), Κολυβά, Μ. (1997), Χιώτης, Π. (1886), Barbiani (1863), Saint Sauverur (1800) , 29 December Ζώης, Λ.Χ. (1893), Ζώρας, Γ. (1973), Κονόμος, Ντ. (1970), Παπανικολάου-Κρίνστενσεν, Α. (1993), Τσιτσέλης, Η. (1960), Χιώτης, Π. (1886), Barbiani (1863), , 30 October Ζώης, Λ.Χ. (1893), Κολυβά, Μ. (1997), Κονόμος, Ν. (1970), Ρώμας, Δ. (1973), Χιώτης, Π., (1886), Barbiani (1863), Montessus de Ballore, F. (1900) , 25 October Χιώτης, Π. (1886) , 27 August Ζώης, Λ.Χ. (1893), Χιώτης, Π. (1886), Montessus de Ballore, F. (1900) HISTORIC EARTHQUAKE SEQUENCES WITH TWO STRONG EVENTS , 31 January Ζώης, Λ.Χ. (1893), Issel, Α. & Agamennone, G. (1894), Issel, Α. (1893). Montessus de Ballore, F. (1990) , 11, 12 August 9 August, Μ August, Μ August, Μ 7.2 Lekkas et al. (1997)

4 GEODYNAMIC & SEISMOTECTONIC SETTING

5 MAIN TECTONIC ELEMENTS IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN THE HELLENIC ARC AND TRENCH SYSTEM

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8 NEOTECTONIC MACROSTRUCTURES OF KEFALONIA Erissos Peninsula Aenos Mt Paliki (Lyxouri) Peninsula Argostoli Peninsula NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS 1. Recent alluvials and interglacial Mid Pleistocene deposits 2. Scree and Middle Pleistocene slope breccia 3. Middle Pleistocene marine calcarenites 4. Pliocene-Calabrian clastic formations 5. Middle Miocene Lower Pliocene clay-clastic succession 6. Triassic Middle Miocene carbonate neritic and locally pelagic sediments 7. Ionian flysch 8. Jurassic Cretaceous thickly bedded and red nodular limestones 9. Evaporites 10. Thrust, 11. Fault Lekkas et al. (2001), modified

9 AENOS MT ANTICLINE

10 PALIKI PENINSULA

11 NEOTECTONIC MACROSTRUCTURES OF KEFALONIA NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS PALIKI PENINSULA AENOS MT ARGOSTOLI PENINSULA

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13 INSTRUMENTAL DATA & FIELD OBSERVATIONS

14 January 26, :55 UTC (15:55 local time) NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS 2014 KEFALONIA EARTHQUAKES February 3, :08 UTC (05:08 local time)

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16 SURFACE FRACTURES, N 025 ⁰ W EQ Mw 6.0 FEBR SEISMIC FAULT, N 20⁰ E EQ Mw 6.0. JAN

17 Surface Fractures, N 20⁰ E EQ Mw 6.0. JAN NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

18 Micro-flower NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS SCHOOL OF SCIENCE FACULTY structure OF GEOLOGY & GEOENVIRONMENT Surface Fractures, N 30⁰ W EQ Mw 6.0, JAN

19 Surface Fractures, N 25⁰ W EQ Mw 6.0 FEBR NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

20 SEISMIC MOTION CHARACTERISTICS EARTHQUAKE DIRECTIVITY

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28 EARTHQUAKE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS

29 Lekkas et al 1997 NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

30 Landslides NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

31 Rockfalls NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

32 Debris flows & Rockfalls

33 Mirtos Rockfalls NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

34 Mw 6.0 FEB Mw 6.0 JAN Mw 6.0 FEB Mw 6.0 FEB

35 Rockfalls NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

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39 Liquefaction

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42 STRUCTURAL DAMAGE

43 R/C BUILDINGS

44 R/C BUILDINGS

45 R/C BUILDINGS

46 R/C BUILDINGS

47 R/C BUILDINGS NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

48 R/C BUILDINGS NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

49 R/C BUILDINGS NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Mw 6.0 FEB Mw 6.0 JAN Mw 6.0 FEB Mw 6.0 FEB

50 R/C BUILDINGS NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS Mw 6.0 FEB Mw 6.0 JAN Mw 6.0 FEB Mw 6.0 FEB

51 MASONRY BUILDINGS NATIONAL & KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

52 MONUMENTS CHURCHES

53 NEOTECTONIC MACROSTRUCTURES & MAXIMUM SEISMIC INTENSITIES Erissos Peninsula Aenos Mt Paliki Peninsula Argostoli Peninsula Maximum Seismic Intensities Zones of Slope movements

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55 Dr. EFTHYMIS LEKKAS PROFESSOR OF DYNAMIC TECTONIC APPLIED GEOLOGY & NATURAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT VICE PRESIDENT OF THE EARTHQUAKE PLANNING & PROTECTION ORGANIZATION PRESIDENT OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF GREECE SPYRIDON MAVROULIS GEOLOGIST MSC PHD CANDIDATE KATERINA KARALI GEOLOGIST MSC STUDENT THE EARTHQUAKES (Mw 6.0) OF 26 JAN & 3 FEB 2014 A GEODYNAMIC EPISODE IN THE EVOLUTION OF KEFALONIA ISLAND ARGOSTOLI 2014

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