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Mediterranean a Year in Review.

M5.3 - 14km NE of Zakharo, Greece,2016-02-15 11:55:02 (UTC-07:00)

M5.2 - 63km WSW of Mouzaki, Greece 2016-03-28 18:05:31 (UTC-07:00)

M5.1 - 81km S of Ierapetra, Greece 2016-04-02 17:46:17 (UTC-07:00)

M5.0 - 8km SSE of Ierapetra, Greece 2016-04-15 17:10:41 (UTC-07:00)

Seismicity of the Eastern Mediterranean region showing quakes during 1973–2007 with magnitudes for M3 and larger. (Taymaz et al. 2007)

1238 Tsunami

Refernces Doutsos, T. and S. Kokkalas (2001). "Stress and deformation patterns in the Aegean region." Journal of Structural Geology 23: 455-472. Jackson, J. (1994). "Active tectonics of the Aegean region." Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 22: 239-271. Jackson, J., J. Haines, and W. Holt (1994). "A comparison of satellite laser ranging and seismicity data in the Aegean region." Geophysical Research Letters 21: 2849-285 McKenzie, D. (1972). "Active Tectonics of the Mediterranean Region." The Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 30: 109-185. Morewood, N. and G. Roberts (2001). "Comparison of surface slip and focal mechanism slip data along normal faults: an example from the eastern Gulf of Corinth, Greece." Journal of Structural Geology 23: 473-487.

Major Earthquakes along the Cascadia subduction zone.

Illsutration showing Relative plate motions along the Cascadia Subduction Zone

Results of Radio Carbon Dating of Stumps along the Cascadia Subduction Zone (Atwater,Stuiver,Yamaguchi)