M 7.2 - 61 km W of Eresós, Greece

Damage on Lesvos and Skiros and in western Turkey. Felt strongly in many parts of Greece. Also felt in southern Bulgaria. FAULT PLANE SOLUTION: P-WAVES NP1:STRIKE=135;DIP=88;SLIP=18 NP2:STRIKE=44;DIP=72;SLIP=178 PRINCIPAL AXES (T): PLG=14;AZM=1 (P): PLG=11;AZM=268 COMMENT: Moderately well controlled strike-slip type mechanism. NP to be designated as the fault plane not determined. CENTROID, MOMENT TENSOR SOLUTION HARVARD EVENT-FILE NAME C121981A DATA USED: GDSN L.P. BODY WAVES: 18S, 54C, T=45 MANTLE WAVES: 11S, 31C, T=135 CENTROID LOCATION: ORIGIN TIME 14:11: 2.2 0.2 LAT 38.81N 0.03;LON 25.15E 0.02 DEP 21.8 2.2;HALF-DURATION 12.0 MOMENT TENSOR; SCALE 10**26 D-CM MRR=-0.15 0.04; MTT=2.34 0.05 MFF=-2.19 0.04; MRT=0.61 0.10 MRF=-0.51 0.10; MTF=0.21 0.03 PRINCIPAL AXES: 1.(T) VAL=2.48;PLG=13;AZM=359 2.(N) -0.15; 71; 129 3.(P) -2.34; 14; 266 BEST DOUBLE COUPLE:M0=2.4*10**26 NP1:STRIKE=42;DIP=71;SLIP=-179 NP2:Strike=312;Dip=89;Slip=-19