8ichisteq: 8th International Colloquium of Historical Earthquakes, Paleoseismology, Macroseismology and Seismotectonics Lixouri, Kefalonia Island, Greece, September 17-20, 2023

Seventy (70) years have passed since the occurrence of the three earthquakes that destroyed Kefalonia and Zakynthos islands, which host the highest seismicity rates in Greece. In view of the recent devastating earthquakes in SE Turkey and Northern Syria, the detailed knowledge of seismotectonics in retrospect is considered now even more crucial. Past earthquakes lead us to estimate what will happen in the future; the study of their effects in historical times and their extrapolation in our time motivate awareness and influence our attitude towards protecting the built environment.

Within the 2-days sessions, we plan a special one dedicated to the recent catastrophic earthquakes in SE Turkey and Northern Syria. On the third day a field trip will be organized that will include visits to the ruins of the 1953 earthquakes, damages that occurred due to the 2014 earthquakes, expression of active tectonics and an overall experience of the morphology/landscape of the island, as a result of intense seismotectonic activity.

Committees

Organizing commettee

• Vicki Kouskouna, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
•  George Katsivelis, Municipality of Lixouri Kefalonia, Greece
•  Rodi Kratsa, Ionian Islands Region Corfu, Greece
•  Nicholas Voulgaris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
•  Gerasimos Galanos, Municipality of Lixouri Kefalonia, Greece
•  Dionysis Rallatos, Ionian Islands Region Kefalonia, Greece
•  Athanasios Ganas, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
•  George Kaviris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
•  Christos Papaioannou, Institute of Engineering Seismology Thessaloniki, Greece
•  Nikos Sakellariou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
•  Kyriaki Pavlou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
•  Nikolas Galanos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
•  Lena Manousou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Scientific committee

• Paola Albini, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Milano, Italy
• George Apostolopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
• Ina Cecic, Slovenian Environment Agency Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Athanasios Ganas, National Observatory of Athens, Greece
• Mariano Garcia Fernandez, Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain
• Maria–Jose Jimenez, Spanish National Research Council Madrid, Spain
• Vasileios Karakostas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• George Kaviris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Vicki Kouskouna, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Mario Locati, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Milano, Italy
• Paivi Mantyniemi, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Christos Papaioannou, Institute of Engineering Seismology Thessaloniki, Greece
• Andrea Rovida, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia Milano, Italy
• Nikos Sakellariou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece
• Christophe Sira, University of Strasbourg, France
• Koen Van Noten, Royal Observatory of Belgium Brussels, Belgium
• Nicholas Voulgaris, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

Contact

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