1894 Atalanti earthquakes explained

1894 Atalanti earthquakes
Pre-1900:	yes
Timestamp:	doublet
Timestamp-A:	1894-04-20 15:52
Timestamp-B:	1894-04-27 19:42
Local-Date:
Magnitude-A:	6.7
Magnitude-B:	6.9
Depth:	10km (10miles)
Location:	38.65°N 23.08°W
Countries Affected:	Greece, Locris
Casualties:	255

The first of the 1894 Atalanti earthquakes occurred on 20 April 1894 at 16:52 UTC, with a magnitude of 6.4 on the moment magnitude scale and a maximum perceived intensity of X on the Mercalli intensity scale. It was followed seven days later on 27 April at 19:42 UTC by the second, with a magnitude of 6.9 and had a maximum intensity of X. These two earthquakes caused widespread damage in the Locris area, causing a total of 255 deaths.^[1] More literature on these destructive events can be seen in the references section.

See also

• List of earthquakes in Greece
• List of historical earthquakes

References

• Ganas, A., Roberts, G.P., & Memou, Tz. 1998. Segment boundaries, the 1894 ruptures and strain patterns along the Atalanti Fault, Central Greece. Journal of Geodynamics, 26: 2–4, 461–486.
• Ganas, A, Sokos, E, Agalos, A, Leontakianakos, G, Pavlides S, 2006, Coulomb stress triggering of earthquakes along the Atalanti Fault, central Greece: Two April 1894 M6+ events and stress change patterns. Tectonophysics, 420, 357–369.
• Nature, volume 50, 607–607 (18 Oct 1894), doi: 10.1038/050607a0.
• Pantosti, D., P. M. De Martini, D. Papanastassiou, F. Lemeille, N. Palyvos and G. Stavrakakis, 2004, Paleoseismological Trenching across the Atalanti Fault (Central Greece): Evidence for the Ancestors of the 1894 Earthquake during the Middle Ages and Roman Times, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America; v. 94; no. 2; p. 531–549; DOI: 10.1785/0120020207
• Papavassiliou, A. (1894a,b). Sur le tremblement de terre de Locride (Grece) du mois d' Avril 1894, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 19, 112–114 & 380–381.
• Richter, C. F. (1958). Elementary Seismology, Freeman, San Francisco, 768 pp.

Notes and References

1. The 20 and 27 April 1894 (Locris, Central Greece) Earthquake Sources through Coeval Records on Macroseismic Effects . Albini P. & Pantosti D. . Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America . . 2004 . 94 . 4 . 1305–1326. 2004BuSSA..94.1305A . 10.1785/012003174 .