Auteur/autrice : Pierre Briole

A Javad GPS receiver was operated on board of the Aegeo R/V on October 8 and 9 2002.

• October 8: 9:53 UT -> 23:59 UT – RINEX 1s sampling rate – KML trajectory (pseudo-range dual-iono-free) – KML trajectory (phase)
• October 9: 00:01 UT -> 09:59 UT – RINEX 1s sampling rate – KML trajectory (pseudo-range dual-iono-free) – KML trajectory (phase)

Figure 1: Trajectory of the R/V Aegeo, October 8 in red, October 9 in green

Figure 2: Two different navigation solutions from GIPSY Oasis 6.4. In red « dual-iono-free » solution (using P1 and P2), in yellow C1 solution of the programme pr2p.pl

 

 

 

M=6.8

West of Mani

Very strong tsunami which hit with force Gythio and all surroundings

M=7.4

Large destructions west of Cephalonia.

Light sea wave

 

M=6.3

Major destructions at Corinth, Loutraki

Major damages south of Lafkada and north of Cephalonia and Ithake

Cephalonia M=7

Small damages in Cephalonia, but the aftershock of 23;51 (M=6.4) which was on land caused more damages

Sequence of earthquakes

• 9 August 1953 07:41 M=6.4
• 11 August 1953 03:32 M=6.8
• 12 August 1953 09:23 M=7.2
• 12 August 1953 12:03 M=6.3

Very large destructions in Cephalonia (83% of the houses destroyed entirely)

Tsunami observed. Bulding collapsed and fatalities at Zakynthos

Sequence of earthquakes lasting 21 months (until the mainshock) with:

• 23 June 1741 Cephalonia (Argostoli, Assos, Valsamata, Lixouri)

 

• 25 February 1742 Zakynthos M=6.4

Large damages at Zakynthos, 120 people killed, ref Barbiani & Barbiani, 1864, Albini et al., 1995, Chiotes 1886-87

 

• 20 February 1743 Lefkada, Corfu M=6.8

Major damages at Francavilla Fontana and Nardo (Italy) and in Lefkada. Serious damages at Brindisi, Taranto, Bari, in the north of Cephalonia, Ioannina. Duration in Zakynthos = 2mn

Ref Perrey, 1848, Mallet, 1848, Aravantinos, 1856, Partsch, 1887, Machaeras, 1951, Montadon, 1953, Triantafyllou, 1959, Tsitseles, 1960

 

• June 1745 Corfu M=6.5

Destructions in Corfou, strongly felt up to Cephalonia

« The cape Saint Sostes was sunk and the earth was fissured in many places » ‘Papazachos & Papazachou, 1997).

References

• Barbiani & Barbiani, 1864
• Katrames, 1880