eprintid: 1434 rev_number: 13 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/00/14/34 datestamp: 2015-02-25 08:18:49 lastmod: 2017-02-08 12:21:36 status_changed: 2015-04-27 12:10:53 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Karakostas, Vassilios G. creators_name: Papadimitriou, Eleftheria E. creators_name: Papazachos, Costas creators_id: vkarak@geo.auth.gr creators_id: ritsa@geo.auth.gr creators_id: costas@geo.auth.gr corp_creators: Geophysics Department University of Thessaloniki, GR54124 Thessaloniki, Greece corp_creators: Geophysics Department University of Thessaloniki, GR54124 Thessaloniki, Greece corp_creators: Geophysics Department University of Thessaloniki, GR54124 Thessaloniki, Greece title: Properties of the 2003 Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece, Earthquake Seismic Sequence and Seismicity Triggering ispublished: pub subjects: SS divisions: EPOS-P full_text_status: none abstract: On 14 August 2003, Lefkada Island (Central Ionian) was strongly affected by an Mw = 6.2 earthquake. A dense temporary seismic network was installed one day after and accurately located hundreds of aftershocks that defined in detail the main rupture, as well as the activity distribution in the neighboring fault segments. The main rupture occupied the northwestern part of the coastline and trends north-northeast-south-southwest in agreement with regional tectonics. Regional network locations were appropriately calibrated using the local network data, allowing the relocation of the mainshock and strong (M ∼4.5 or larger) aftershocks during the first day. Intense aftershock activity took place up to 40 km beyond the southern end of the main rupture. Theoretical static stress changes from the mainshock give a preliminary explanation for the aftershock distribution aside from the main rupture, as well as triggering of seismicity in the nearby Kefalonia fault, providing evidence for future seismic hazard ensuing from this fault. date: 2004-10 date_type: published publication: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America volume: 94 number: 5 publisher: Seismological Society of America pagerange: 1976-1981 id_number: doi:10.1785/012003254 refereed: TRUE issn: 0037-1106 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/012003254 access_IS-EPOS: limited owner: Publisher citation: Karakostas, Vassilios G. and Papadimitriou, Eleftheria E. and Papazachos, Costas (2004) Properties of the 2003 Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece, Earthquake Seismic Sequence and Seismicity Triggering. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94 (5). pp. 1976-1981. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1785/012003254