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Seismic conditions in Greece. / August 9, 2010 /

6-8 August 2010 there was noticed a surge of seismic activity in Greece. 6 and 8 August, an earthquake hit the coastal zone of. Crete with magnitude M4.8. August 8 in the area of Thessaloniki occurred at intervals of 15 minutes, two earthquakes with magnitudes 4.6 and 4.5. Recall that in line with our forecast of a 2 degree area centered in the city of Thessaloniki expected strong earthquake. Cloud indicators specified earthquakes were cloud structures that are listed in Annex 1, 2. They are allowed to reconstruct the stress field Framing Aegean plate and update the zone of potential earthquakes.

One of the items had been on earthquake prediction in southern Italy (Sicily Isl). These operating systems also signal the preparation of this event.

Our Tula colleagues from Center «Forecast» (nadisa.org) connect prolonged realization of earthquake in Greece with a meteorological situation in Europe and Russia. The discharge should occur in the nearest future.

Annex 1 (pdf, 762,5 kb)

Annex 2 (supplement) (pdf, 580,9 kb)

Annex 3 (supplement from 12.08.2010) (pdf, 556 kb)

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