<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . . "Episodic occurrence of strong (Mw≥6.2) earthquakes in Thessalia area (central Greece)"^^ . "Between 1954 and 1957, three seismic sequences struck the southern margin of Thessalia basin (central Greece). The\r\nproximity in time (~3 yr) and space (~100 km) between these three seismic manifestations suggests a possible link\r\nbetween them. Their interconnection is then investigated by resolving changes of Coulomb failure function (∆CFF)\r\nduring the 20th century. Coulomb stress changes were calculated assuming that earthquakes can be modelled as static\r\ndislocations in an elastic half-space, and taking into account both the coseismic slip in strong (Mw ≥ 6.2) earthquakes\r\nand the slow tectonic stress buildup associated with major fault segments. The study area constitutes one of the most\r\nactive fault zones of the Greek mainland where several strong events have occurred in the past as it is inferred from\r\nboth historical and instrumental information. However, no earthquake with Mw ≥ 6.2 occurred there for about two\r\ncenturies before the last activity. This fact led us to investigate the occurrence mode of strong events in the Thessalia\r\narea since the 16th century, when adequately reliable historical information exists for the stronger events. Forasmuch\r\nas they occur in clusters both in space and time, as it is the case during the 20th century, the episodic occurrence of\r\nstrong events in this area is substantiated, when these episodes are separated by longer quiescent periods. Since during\r\nthe 20th century all the earthquakes have occurred in stress-enhanced areas, by extending the stress calculations to\r\n2025 and, provided that no additional large (Mw ≥ 6.2) earthquake occurs between 2002 and 2025, assessment for the\r\nfuture seismic hazard is given."^^ . "2003-08-04" . . "215" . "3-4" . . "Elsevier"^^ . . . "Earth and Planetary Science Letters"^^ . . . "0012821X" . . . . . . . . . . "Vassilios G."^^ . "Karakostas"^^ . "Vassilios G. Karakostas"^^ . . "Eleftheria E."^^ . "Papadimitriou"^^ . "Eleftheria E. Papadimitriou"^^ . . "Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"^^ . . . "Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki, GR-54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"^^ . . . . . . "HTML Summary of #1460 \n\nEpisodic occurrence of strong (Mw≥6.2) earthquakes in Thessalia area (central Greece)\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Method and procesing" . .