453 km SE of Athens, Greece / pop: 729,137 / local time: 11:23:44.3 2015-05-02
133 km S of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 137,154 / local time: 11:23:44.3 2015-05-02
108 km S of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece / pop: 10,799 / local time: 11:23:44.3 2015-05-02
88 km S of Ierápetra, Greece / pop: 12,536 / local time: 11:23:44.3 2015-05-02
For more information on computation, see the article Bossu et al., 2016:
Thumbnail Based Questionnaires for the Rapid and Efficient Collection of Macroseismic Data from Global Earthquakes, Rémy Bossu, Matthieu Landès, Fréderic Roussel, Robert Steed, Gilles Mazet-Roux, Stacey S. Martin, and Susan Hough. Seismological Research Letter. Oct 2016. doi: 10.1785/0220160120;
Furthermore, to avoid the association with wrong events, we filter testimonies in distance and in intensity depending on the magnitude of the seismic event.
References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Coffin, M.F., Gahagan, L.M., and Lawver, L.A., 1998, Present-day Plate Boundary Digital Data Compilation. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics Technical Report No. 174, pp. 5.
Maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area .
Regional instrumental seismicity
This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.
Regional deadly earthquakes from 1500 to origin time
Date
Long.
Lat.
Mag.
Death
Location
1490-00-00
25.0
35.0
?
many
CRETE, GREECE
1508-05-29
25.1
35.2
7.1
300
CRETE, GREECE
1612-11-08
25.1
34.9
7.5
many
CRETE, GREECE
1613-00-00
25.1
35.3
?
many
CRETE, GREECE
1629-03-10
23.7
35.1
7.0
many
CRETE, GREECE
1650-10-07
25.4
36.5
6.8
40
DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE
1665-01-00
25.1
35.0
6.7
many
CRETE, GREECE
1780-10-28
25.8
35.0
7.7
100
CRETE, GREECE
1810-02-16
25.0
35.7
7.8
2000
CRETE, GREECE
1843-10-18
27.7
36.3
6.5
600
DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE
1856-10-12
26.0
35.5
?
538
CRETE, GREECE
1956-07-09
26.0
36.6
7.5
53
DODECANESE ISLANDS, GREECE
2002-01-22
26.6
35.6
6.2
1
CRETE, GREECE
Source:
From 1500 to 1999: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718
Testimonies, photos
Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Seismological Network of Crete Chania, Greece
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