{"id":859,"date":"2020-02-26T11:00:35","date_gmt":"2020-02-26T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gein.noa.gr\/?page_id=859"},"modified":"2022-01-12T19:57:19","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T17:57:19","slug":"seismology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gein.noa.gr\/en\/research\/research-topics\/seismology\/","title":{"rendered":"Seismology"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The seismology team focuses on the systematic study and monitoring of seismicity in Greece. That includes the analysis of the background seismicity as well as the foreshock and aftershock sequences associated with a main earthquake event, the calculation of moment tensors and all other relevant earthquake\/rupture parameters, analysis of microseismicity, and primary research towards earthquake prediction.<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Why study this topic? The challenges<\/b><\/h2>\n

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Humans and Earthquakes have coexisted since Man conceived himself. In the course of time, Earthquakes, this remarkable natural phenomenon, produced Myths and Deities, resulted in cessation of wars, overturned realms… This \u2018fatal\u2019 coexistence generated the need in Humans to better understand the characteristics of earthquakes, in order to better predict their behavior.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And while important steps have undoubtedly been made, the precise timing of earthquakes is still impossible to predict. During this effort, however, scientists have learned a lot and have now a better understanding on which main structures future earthquakes may be hosted, how big they may be and which are the physical conditions (and material properties) of the Earth’s interior that favor generation of earthquakes. Also, by instrumentally monitoring the earthquakes (in real time), we are now in a position to know whether an area experiences a period of elevated seismicity or seismic quiescence. By combining this information with data from historic and prehistoric earthquakes from Greece, we aim towards a more holistic approach that may allow us to better understand the recurrence of strong earthquakes in Greece.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t

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Our key research activities<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

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