Übersicht über Erdbeben im Mittelmeer, im Zentrum Griechenland
Karte Griechenlands mit Epizentrum des Bebens vom 17.11.2015.
The map shows th epicenter of the earthquake from November 17 in 2015. The black lines indicates the plate boundaries in the Mediterranean Sea. (Map: GFZ/Sekt. 2.1, 2.4, 2.6)
On November 17 in 2015 an earthquake occured at the west coast of Greece. (Map: und Daten: GEOFON/GFZ)

The earthquake on November 17 in 2015 reached a magnitude of 6.4 MW. It was located at a depth about 10 kilometers under the Ionian Sea west of the Greek island Lefkada. The seismological fault-plane solution indicates a right-lateral strike-slip fault along the Cephalonia - Lefkada transform fault.

Poster und text: German Research Centre for Geosciences | GFZ, sections 2.1, 2.4, 2.6

References

  Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam, Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum – GFZ. (2015, 18. November). Erdbeben in Westgriechenland [Earthquake poster, Poster ID: gfz2015wnfe, www.gfz-potsdam.de]. Opened on June 1st 2021

Published: 17.11.2015, Vol. 2.

Cite as: Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. (2015, 17. November). Earthquake in Greece. Earth System Knowledge Platform [eskp.de], 2. https://www.eskp.de/en/natural-hazards/earthquake-in-greece-935739/

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