Testimonies, photostemp
Mw 6.4 earthquake, Peloponese, Greece on June 08th, 2008 at 12:25 UTC
- An event of magnitude Mw 6.4 occurred on 08/06/2008 at 12:25:28.0 UTC in Peloponese, Greece.
- Send us pictures or videos of the main shock effects
- Report compiled by ITSAK staff in cooperation with Patras Civil Engineering Department and Prof. J. Stewart from UCLA
- Surfaces ruptures, sent on June 12th 2008 by Kokkalas S., Xypolias P. and Koukouvelas I. (pdf).
- Preliminary Macroseismic Report, by Vicki Kouskouna on 12 June 2008
- New preliminary slip model (Univ. of Athens).
- Quick assessment of the fault plane by Sokos, Serpetsidaki, Tselentis and Zahradnik (pdf).
Distances to cities:
37 km SW Pátrai (pop 163,360 ; local time 15:25 2008-06-08)
22 km NE Amaliás (pop 19,579 ; local time 15:25 2008-06-08)
12 km SE Várda (pop 3,307 ; local time 15:25 2008-06-08)
Preliminary Macroseismic Report on this earthquake.
Report your experience
If you have experienced this event, please report it by filling our online questionnaire. The result will be used to update the intensity map (Figure 1):
Figure 1: Intensity map generated with the results of the online questionnaire
Send us pictures or videos
You were on the spot and you have taken photos or vidéos of earthquake effects (on buildings, ground, landscape), please send us your files. Send them by mail, MMS or upload them directly from your computer. Just click on the link below :After validation your files will be displayed on this page.
| Pictures of damaged buildings from Káto Akhaía (20km southwest of Patras) sent by a witness %252528click pictures to enlarge): |
Picture of damaged building in Patras sent by a witness (click picture to enlarge): |
Rocks falling from a cliff during the shaking (Porto Katsiki Beach, the island of LEFKAS in Ionion Sea, 110km from the epicentre)(click picture to enlarge): | ||
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Pictures of damaged buildings from Káto Akhaía (20km southwest of Patras) sent by a witness (click pictures to enlarge):
| New church Agios Vasilios | Old church Agios Vasilios | Cemetery | Cemetery |
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Another picture from Káto Akhaía (20km southwest of Patras) sent by a witness (click pictures to enlarge):
Preliminary studies
Main shockEpicenter location(click to enlarge) |
Moment tensors solutions(click to enlarge) |
| More information on the main shock |
Aftershocks distribution |
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| Figure 2: Aftershocks distribution | Figure 3: Preliminary aftershocks map. From main shock occurrence until 11/06/2008 03:20 UTC (by Dr Athanassios Ganas, National Observatory of Athens) |
| Figure 4: Aftershocks distribution from main shock occurence until 08/07/2008 (one month). The red circle represents the main shock. |