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This summary report was written by Dr. Antonios Pomonis, an Earthquake expert from Greece with countless years of experience in earthquake loss and earthquake engineering. We thank him so much for the succinct and detailed analysis. In the coming days we hope for additional damage data to become available..
CASUALTIES ON LEFKAS ISLAND
In Vasiliki a 70 year old woman was killed when her house was destroyed by a rockfall (Some more details emerged about the death of the old lady in Vasiliki village: the death occurred after the end of the ground shaking sequence, as a rolling boulder arrived and smashed her house some seconds (not clear how many) later.)
In Athani an 82 year old woman was killed due to collapse of a fencing boundary wall
8 injured taken to the Lefkas Town Hospital of which 1 in Vasiliki (12 years old boy), 1 in Pinakochori (88 year old woman), 1 in Lygia area (10 year old boy), 1 in Lefkas Town (45 years old man)
DAMAGE ON LEFKAS ISLAND
Most damage on the SW part of the island. The church of Athani village collapsed, stone masonry houses collapsed in Athani, Komilio and Dragano villages.
Landslides in Asprogerakata, Dragano, Aghios Nikitas and Athani.
Also an abandoned house collapsed in the town of Mesolonghi (on the mainland)
Schools have been closed.
Damage also occurred on Ithaca Island. No damage yet reported from Kefalonia Island.
Damage surveys have started, we expect to have the list of affected buildings in terms of green-yellow-red tags in a few days.
DAMAGE ON ITHACA ISLAND
40 houses have suffered cracks on walls or dislocation of roof tiles, on the northern part of the island
Road between Stavros and Lefki villages (northern part of the island) affected by boulder falls in several locations
DAMAGE ON KEFALONIA ISLAND
In the northern part of the island, in Erissos village, 10 houses have been evacuated (considered not safe). The home owners to be hosted in a local hotel.
In Paliki peninsula (affected by the January-February 2014 earthquake sequence) 2 buildings that had been tagged as unsafe in Febr. 2014 (yellow tag) have now been destroyed (not clear if repairs had taken place during the past 22 months). Several more buildings have been damaged in the area despite it being somewhat further away (to the south) from today’s event.
The death toll from shaking was expected to be 1 fatality (0-8) and the shaking losses around 20 million USD (5-65 million USD) through CATDAT.
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6.5
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-11-17 09:10:09
GMT/UTC Time : 2015-11-17 07:10:09
Depth (Hypocenter) : 11.07 km
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Lefkas - We were on a boat tied t the quay the waves rippled thru
Lefkas - Felt like a big earthquake, house was shaking things falling over
Lefkada - De violentes secousses qui ont fait tomber les tableaux au murs, les objets posés sur les tables et étagères. et depuis le sol n'arrete pas de bouger.
Deadly Lefkas Island earthquake, Greece - 2 deaths and damage
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This summary report was written by Dr. Antonios Pomonis, an Earthquake expert from Greece with countless years of experience in earthquake loss and earthquake engineering. We thank him so much for the succinct and detailed analysis. In the coming days we hope for additional damage data to become available..
Most important Earthquake Data:
Magnitude : 6.5
Local Time (conversion only below land) : 2015-11-17 09:10:09
GMT/UTC Time : 2015-11-17 07:10:09
Depth (Hypocenter) : 11.07 km
Depth and Magnitude updates in the list below.
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