9/56 YEAR CYCLE: GREEK EARTHQUAKES

APPENDIX 21

9/56 YEAR CYCLE: GREEK EARTHQUAKES- 1860-2001

Appendix for the paper 9/56 year Cycles: Earthquakes & Volcanoes.

The National Geophysical Data Center produced a listing of major Greek earthquakes between 1860 and 2001. There were 40 events with a magnitude =>6.5, of which 16 fell in the 10.5 months ending November 20 of those years in Table B this appendix, a finding that was highly significant (p < 001).

Table A MAJOR GREEK EARTHQUAKES: 1860-2006 Mag =>6.5
Year	Month	Day	Location	Mag
1861	12	26	ACHAIE, VALYMITIKA, TRIPOLIS	7.5
1863	4	22	RHODES, KOS	6.7
1867	2	4	GREECE	7.9
1867	3	7	MITILINI	6.7
1870	9	30	GREECE	7.5
1881	4	3	KHIOS	7.3
1883	10	15	KHIOS	7.3
1886	8	27	GREECE	8.4
1889	10	25	LESBOS	6.9
1894	4	20	LOCRIDE	6.7
1895	5	14	GREECE	7.5
1903	8	11	MITATA (KYTHERA)	8.3
1904	4	4	GREECE-BULGARIA	7.1
1905	11	8	AEGEAN SEA	7
1911	2	18	GREECE-ALBANIA	6.7
1912	1	24	ASPROGERAKAS (KEPHALLENIA)	7
1926	6	26	DODECANESE ISLANDS	7.7
1930	2	14	AITANIA-VATHIA (CRETE)	6.7
1931	3	8	GREECE	6.9
1932	9	26	AEGEAN SEA	7.2
1935	2	25	NEAPOLIS-ANOGNIA (CRETE)	6.7
1947	10	6	PYLIA (MESSINIA)	7.8
1948	2	9	DODECANESE ISLANDS	7.1
1949	7	23	AEGEAN SEA	6.8
1953	8	11	GREECE	6.7
1956	7	9	DODECANESE	7.8
1957	3	8	GREECE	6.6
1957	4	25	FETHIYE (LYCIA, ASIA MINOR)	7.1
1960	5	26	GREECE-ALBANIA	6.5
1962	8	28	GREECE: S	6.8
1968	2	19	AEGEAN SEA: ST EUSTRATIOS	7.5
1978	6	20	GREECE	6.6
1981	2	24	ATHENS-CORINTH	6.7
1981	12	19	AEGEAN SEA: LESBOS, SKIROS	7.2
1983	8	6	AEGEAN SEA, MOUNT ATHOS	7
1995	5	13	GREVENA-KOZANI, THESSALONIKI, YUGOSLAVIA	6.6
1995	6	15	AIYION, ERATINI, CORINTH, PATRAS, PIRGOS	6.5
1997	11	18	IONIAN SEA, AMALIAS, GARGALIANOI, KALAMAI	6.6
2001	7	26	SKYROS	6.5
2006	1	8	KYTHIRA	6.9
Years in bold contain in major Greek earthquakes in the 10.5 months ended November 20 of those years. in Table B this appendix. Source: National Geophysical Data Center. Parameters: Greece. mag=>6.5

Table B 9/56 YEAR CYCLE: MAJOR GREEK QUAKES
						1865	1874	1883	1892	1901
1867 **	1876	1885	1894	1903	1912	1921	1930	1939	1948	1957 **
1923	1932	1941	1950	1959	1968	1977	1986	1995 **	2004
1979	1988	1997	2006
The 56 year sequences in the table are separated by an interval of 9 years. Years in bold contain in major Greek earthquakes in the 10.5 months ended November 20 of those quakes listed in Table A. Source of Raw Data: National Geophysical Data Center.