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| |title = 2006 Southern Greece earthquake
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| |date = {{Start date|2006|01|08|df=yes}}
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| |map2 = {{Location map | Greece|relief=1
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| | lat = 36.30
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| | long = 23.36
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| |magnitude = 6.8 [[Moment magnitude scale|<math>M_\mathrm{w}</math>]]<ref name="USGS-SG2006">[http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2006/ushrak/ "Magnitude 6.8 - Southern Greece: 2006 January 8 11:34:55 UTC"], Earthquake Hazard Program, [[United States Geological Survey]]</ref>
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| |depth = 66 km (41 mi)<ref name="USGS-SG2006"/>
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| |location = {{coord|36.30|N|23.36|E|type:event_region:GR-CR|display=inline}}
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| |countries affected = {{flagcountry|Greece}}
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| |tsunami = no
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| |casualties = none
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| The '''2006 Greece earthquake''' occurred on January 8, 2006, at 1:34 p.m. local time, and was felt throughout the entire eastern [[Mediterranean]] basin. The quake had a [[moment magnitude scale|moment magnitude]] of 6.6<ref>[http://www.geophysics.geol.uoa.gr/imageseis/eqs/2006/20060108_kyth/earthquake_large_en.html "Kythira Earthquake"] Department of Geophysics & Geothermics, Faculty of Geology, University of Athens, accessed 7 July 2009</ref> to 7.0<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4592418.stm|title=Earthquake shakes southern Greece|publisher=BBC.com|date=2006-01-08|accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|publisher=Athens News Agency|title=7.0R earthquake between Crete and Kythira jolts most of Greece, some damage, no injuries reported|url=http://www.ana.gr/anaweb/user/showplain?maindoc=3775999&maindocimg=3775768&service=6|date=2006-01-08|accessdate=2008-01-06}}</ref> and its [[epicentre]] was located just off the island of Kythira, some 200 km south of [[Athens]]. | |
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| One person was injured and a number of buildings and roads in Kythira were heavily damaged as a result of the earthquake. Several older houses on the island completely collapsed while the central square of the village of Mitata partially fell into the valley as a result of a subsequent landslide. Few buildings were damaged on the mainland closest to the epicentre ([[Cape Malea]]). On the island of [[Crete]], two people were slightly injured in their attempt to abandon their homes. Damage to 146 buildings was recorded in western Crete, including the old town hall of [[Chania]], the third Venetian arsenal, nine schools and many of the houses in the old Venetian town center.
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| Nevertheless, despite the magnitude and the duration of the tremor (buildings in Athens swayed for almost 40 seconds) no other significant injury or damage was reported in the country's strongest earthquake in decades. This was mainly because the quake had a [[hypocenter|focal depth]] of approximately 66 km. The tremor was felt as far away as in [[Bari]] on the [[Adriatic Sea]], [[Naples]] and much of southern [[Italy]], [[Cairo]] and even along the Lebanese, Syrian and Israeli shorelines. Despite early fears of a subsequent tsunami no such event was recorded.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[1953 Ionian Earthquake]]
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| * [[1953 Western Turkey earthquake]]
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| * [[2009 Crete earthquake]]
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| ==References==
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| * {{citation|title=The 8 January 2006 Earthquake (Mw 6.7) Offshore Kythira Island, Southern Greece: Seismological, Strong-motion, and Macroseismic Observations of an Intermediate-depth Event|url=http://www.gein.noa.gr/services/kythira-links/Kythira-SRL775.pdf|first=K. I.|last=Konstantinou|first2=I. S.|last2=Kalogeras|first3=N. S.|last3=Melis|first4=M. C.|last4=Kourouzidis|first5=G. N.|last5=Stavrakakis|year=2006|journal=Seismological Research Letters|publisher=[[Seismological Society of America]]|volume=77|number=5|pages=544–553}}
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| == External links ==
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| *[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/09/international/europe/09greece.html Underwater Earthquake Rattles Greece]
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| *[http://www.kythera-family.net/index.php?nav=104-116&cid=189&did=8898&pageflip=3 Many pictures of the damage done by the earthquake can be found on Kythera-family.net via this link.]
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| {{Earthquakes in 2006}}
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| {{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Southern Greece Earthquake}}
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| [[Category:Earthquakes in Greece]]
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| [[Category:2006 earthquakes|Southern Greece]]
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| [[Category:2006 in Greece|Earthquake]]
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