APPENDIX 21

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


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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 calendar years in Table A (significant p < .01).

Table A       9/56 YEAR CYCLE: MAJOR GREEK QUAKES
Calendar Years

   

 

         

1865

1874

1883
1015

1892

1901

     

1867
0204
0307

1876

1885

1894
0420

1903
0811

1912
0124

1921

1930
0214

1939

1948
0209

1957
0308
0425

1905
1108

1914

1923

1932
0926

1941

1950

1959

1968
0219

1977

1986

1995
0513
0615

2004

2013

1961

1970

1979

1988

1997
1118

2006
0108

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 56 year sequences in the table are separated by an interval of 9 years.
Source of Raw Data: National Geophysical Data Center.


 Table B        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 contained major Greek earthquakes in the calendar years in Table A.
Source: National Geophysical Data Center. 
Parameters: Greece. mag=>6.5