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Summary:

Magnitude	ML 2.7
Region	SOUTHERN GREECE

Date time	2009-01-16 at 04:18:07.0 UTC
Location	36.58 N ; 21.8 E
Depth	1 km
Distances	185 km S Pátrai (pop 163,360 ; local time 06:18 2009-01-16) 58 km SW Kalamáta (pop 51,108 ; local time 06:18 2009-01-16) 28 km SW Koróni (pop 1,620 ; local time 06:18 2009-01-16)
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Maps:


Global view	Regional view	Local view

References for tectonic plate boundaries:
Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries,
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4(3), 1027.

Google maps view: Seismicity from the previous 7 days in the area

Regional instrumental seismicity

This seismicity maps have been generated by concatenating the ISC catalogue (since 1964), the EMSC Euro-Med Bulletin catalogue and the EMSC Real Time catalogue. Therefore, they show the seismicity from 1964 until the earthquake occurrence.

Regional deadly earthquakes from year 1500 to 2000

Date

Long.

Lat.

Mag.

Death

Location

1514-04-16	21.0	37.7	6.5	many	SOUTHERN GREECE
1622-05-05	21.0	37.6	6.6	many	SOUTHERN GREECE
1629-03-10	23.7	35.1	7.0	many	CRETE, GREECE
1630-07-22	20.9	38.3	6.9	many	GREECE
1633-11-05	21.0	37.6	6.9	many	SOUTHERN GREECE
1636-09-30	20.7	38.0	7.2	520	GREECE
1658-08-24	20.5	38.3	6.8	320	GREECE
1742-02-14	20.6	37.8	6.5	120	IONIAN SEA
1748-05-25	22.2	38.2	6.8	many	GREECE
1750-06-07	22.8	36.3	7.0	2000	SOUTHERN GREECE
1767-07-11	20.3	38.2	7.2	253	GREECE
1785-01-30	21.7	38.2	6.6	38	GREECE
1804-01-08	21.8	38.3	?	many	GREECE
1817-08-23	22.1	38.3	6.8	many	GREECE
1821-01-06	21.2	37.8	6.5	many	SOUTHERN GREECE
1846-06-11	22.0	37.0	7.0	28	SOUTHERN GREECE
1867-02-04	20.4	38.2	7.3	224	GREECE
1875-04-29	21.3	37.3	5.5	47	SOUTHERN GREECE
1886-08-27	21.5	37.1	7.5	600	SOUTHERN GREECE
1953-08-12	20.6	38.3	7.2	800	GREECE
1995-06-15	22.3	38.4	6.5	26	GREECE
1999-09-07	23.6	38.1	5.8	143	GREECE

Source: T. Utsu ; International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology; vol. A; 691-718

More information at:

National Observatory of Athens, Geodynamic Institute Athens, Greece

Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece

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Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece (THE)

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