Earthquake-induced landslides in the Appennines – distance versus magnitude...
A new paper by Esposito et al. has been published in Springer’s Landslide Science and Practice that will help to better constrain intensities on the ESI scale. Landslides induced by twelve moderate to...
View ArticleReport on the Mw7.1 Bohol, Philippines earthquake of 15 October 2013 by...
On 15 October, 2013 a shallow Mw7.1 earthquake occured in Bohol, Philippines. The quake caused more than 200 fatalities and severe damages. Instrumental intensities of VIII – IX were recorded and the...
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Two M6+ earthquakes in Kefalonia (Greece) within 8 days
Two earthquakes of magnitude M6+ occured near the island of Kefalonia in Western Greece on 26 January and 3 February, 2014. Both were shallow strike slip events that are associated with the Kefalonia...
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Some photos of EEEs caused by the Cephalonia M6.0 earthquake
On 26 January and 3 February, two strong and shallow earthquakes of magnitude 6+ occured at the island of Kefalonia/Cephalonia in Western Greece. The events caused intense damage to buildings and...
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What’s up? The Friday links (64)
Ho, ho, ho! Merry Christmas, everybody. Have a joyful season and a happy, happy, happy new year! In case you’ve forgotten (over eating and drinking): Today is Friday and here are your links! Ooookay,...
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Paleoseismological field work in Kyrgyzstan
A few weeks ago I spent ten days of field work in the Suusamyr Valley in Kyrgyzstan. In the framework of the EwF Project and COMET a team from Oxford (Eleanor Ainscoe, Austin Elliott, Richard Walker)...
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EEEs of today’s Mw6.5 earthquake in Greece
A shallow Mw6.5 earthquake hit western Greece today in the morning. The quake had a right-lateral strike-slip mechanism and occurred at the Cephalonia transform, offshore Levkada. Two people died and...
View ArticleA preliminary report on the 17 Nov, 2015, M6.4 South Lefkada earthquake,...
On 17 November, 2015, a MW6.4 strike-slip earthquake occurred in Lefkada Island, Greece. Lefkada is close to the Cephalonia Transform Fault and has repeatedly experienced strong shaking in the past....
View ArticleReport on the coseismic effects of the 24 August 2016 Amatrice Earthquake
The EMERGEO Working Group has conducted extensive field work after the 24 August 2016 Amatrice Earthquake in Italy and put together a report on the coseismic effects. The report is in English and can...
View ArticleSummer School on rockslides and related phenomena 15-30 August, 2018, in...
Our colleague Alexander Strom informed us that the 12th Kokomeren Summer School on rockslides and related phenomena (Kyrgyzstan) will take place from 15-30 August , 2018. The announcement and a...
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