Post: #46

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1pMegkfKSw

Post: #47

http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?...d=57442627


10 people dead

Post: #48

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnew...amera.html
Interestin
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Post: #49

Italy caught in Earth's pincer

The southern European country is seismically very active, and its most tragic events bear comparison with the most catastrophic anywhere in the world.

In its less prepared history, quakes have claimed many tens of thousands of lives.

In 1908, it is thought as many 70,000 were killed when a 7.2-magnitude tremor flattened the Sicilian city of Messina. An associated tsunami heaped more misery on an already desperate situation.

Experts say quakes have influenced everything in Italy from the distribution of the population and adaptation of architecture to the dialect spoken in different parts of the nation. And it is an influence that has been extremely well documented.

Whenever a quake has damaged a church, the local people have insisted on it being repaired or re-built, and that act has always been recorded, written down in tomes that have since become a rich source of information for scientists trying to understand Italy's seismic history.

On the big scale, the nation's problems can be seen in the context of the great collision between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates; but when it comes down to the specifics of many quakes, the details are far more complicated.

Set against Africa's march northward at about 2cm a year, Italy is also being pulled and pushed in some complex motions.

The Tyrrhenian Basin, or Sea, which lies to the west of the country, between the mainland and Sardinia/Corsica, is slowly opening up.

Scientists say this is contributing to extension, or "pull-apart", along the Apennines, the belt of mountains that runs down through central Italy.

And to the east, in the Adriatic, there is some evidence that the Earth's crust continues to move under (subducting) Italy, although there is some debate about this. GPS data indicates this region, too, is shifting to the northeast.

Aside from the terrible loss of life and destruction to property in recent days, the two big quakes in the Emilia Romagna region have drawn attention because they were in the north of the country.

That is not to say quakes are unheard of in this part of the country. Far from it. But further south, you see on the landscape the very clear expression of all the contortion that is taking place inside the Earth. It is writ large for example in the great limestone scarps of the Apennines.
Massive undertaking

In contrast, in the huge, flat sedimentary basin that surrounds the River Po, this evidence is much less obvious.

"You may remember the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009 in the Apennines," says Dr John Elliott from the Centre for the Observation and Modelling of Earthquakes and Tectonics (Comet) at Oxford University.

"That was a result of extension. What we've seen in recent days has been quite different and is the result of closure - it's called thrust faulting. And what can often happen with this type of faulting - particularly when small faults are involved - is that it can be blind.

"That is, in a deep sedimentary basin as we have here, you get folds in the sediments but the fault doesn't break through to the surface. It's a hidden risk, if you like."

Italy is a modern country and it is very well prepared for earthquakes. Even so, the shaking associated with strong, shallow tremors will test many buildings.

Dr Susanne Sargeant from the British Geological Survey commented: "Yes, the seismic hazard is well understood, but the volume of the building stock that still needs to be strengthened is a massive undertaking.

"A lot of the older structures would benefit from strengthening measures - we know they work - but getting them implemented in every single building is quite a challenge.

"Couple this with the fact that sedimentary basins tend to amplify ground motions, you might end up seeing really quite strong levels of shaking."


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18271303

Post: #50

A century of major Italian quakes

2009: L'Aquila (M6.3) - 295 deaths
1980: Irpinia (M6.5) - 3,000 deaths
1976: Friuli (M6.5) - 1,000 deaths
1968: Belice (M6.5) - 231 deaths
1930: Irpinia (M6.5) - 1,404 deaths
1920: Toscana (M6.4) - 171 deaths
1919: Mugello (M6.3) - 100 deaths
1915: Avezzano (M7.0 - 32,610 deaths
1908: Messina (M7.2) - 70,000 deaths


Aerial video of Italy ruins & collapsed buildings after deadly earthquake

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake has struck northern Italy on Tuesday, May 29. Two more workers have been found in a collapsed factory in Mendolla, raising the death toll of Italy's latest deadly quake to at least 17. Two hundred people were injured and thousands left homeless in the agricultural and industrial area north of Bologna in the second fatal quake in nine days.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYz_sJz47U

Post: #51

Reported M5.1 quake in Romania was later downgraded to M2.9.

Post: #52

Sunday June 10 2012, 12:44:17 UTC Dodecanese Islands, Greece M5.8 Depth 39.6

Post: #53

Important Earthquakes in Greece during 2003-2012

14/02/2008 - M6.7 Depth 25
08/01/2006 - M6.6 Depth 64
08/06/2008 - M6.4 Depth 20
15/07/2008 - M6.3 Depth 50
01/07/2009 - M6.2 Depth 25
14/08/2003 - M6.2 Depth 12
01/04/2011 - M6.1 Depth 70
14/02/2008 - M6.1 Depth 79
20/02/2008 - M6.0 Depth 14
10/06/2012 - M5.8 Depth 20

http://www.geophysics.geol.uoa.gr/statio.../2011.html

Post: #54

Monday July 9 2012, 13:54:58 UTC 46 minutes ago Eastern Mediterranean Sea M5.7

Post: #55

5.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Turkey

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LqBUEpudqg

A magnitude 5.6 quake has hit off the Turkish coastal town of Kalkan, with tremors felt as far away as the Egyptian capital Cairo.

Local media report a 6.0 magnitude quake.

The quake’s epicenter lies in the Mediterranean Sea, some 50 km from the town, which is a local tourist hotspot. The quake occurred around 15.45 local time (12.45 GMT) at a depth of 19.4 km. No tsunami warning has been issued.

In Kalkan, the ground rumbled, spreading anxiety among residents and tourists. No reports of deaths or damage have been filed thus far.

The latest major earthquake shook Turkey in October 2011, as a powerful 7.1-magnitude seism hit near the eastern city of Van. Over 600 people were killed and over 4,000 others injured in the disaster. Some 60,000 people were left homeless. Earthquakes are a daily occurrence in Turkey, which is criss-crossed by geological fault lines.

http://www.rt.com/news/turkey-earthquake...emors-757/