EGU22-3940, updated on 27 Mar 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3940
EGU General Assembly 2022
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The Analysis of the Aftershock Sequence of the Recent Mainshock in Arkalochori, Crete Island Greece

Alexandra Moshou1, Antonios Konstantaras1, and Panagiotis Argyrakis2
Alexandra Moshou et al.
  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Hellenic Mediterranean University, Romanou 3, Chania, Crete, GR73133, Greece (amoshou@hmu.gr)
  • 2Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics Engineers, Faculty of Engineering, Egaleo Park Campus, University of West Attica, Ag. Spyridonos Street, Aigaleo, 12243 Athens, Greece (pargyrak@uniwa.gr)

Forecasting the evolution of natural hazards is a critical problem in natural sciences. Earthquake forecasting is one such example and is a difficult task due to the complexity of the occurrence of earthquakes. Until today, earthquake prediction is based on the time before the occurrence of the main earthquake and is based mainly on empirical methods and specifically on the seismic history of a given area. Τhe analysis and processing of its seismicity play a critical role in modern statistical seismology. In this work, a first attempt is made to study and draw safe conclusions regarding the prediction for the seismic sequence, specifically using appropriate statistical methods like Bayesian predictive, taking into account the uncertainties of the model parameters. The above theory was applied in the recent seismic sequence in the area of ​​Arkalochori in Crete Island, Greece (2021, Mw 6.0). Τhe rich seismic sequence that took place immediately after the main 5.6R earthquake with a total of events for the next three months, approximately 4,000 events of magnitude ML > 1 allowed calculating the probability of having the most significant expected earthquake during a given time as well as calculating the probability that the most significant aftershock is expected to be above a certain magnitude after a major earthquake.

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How to cite: Moshou, A., Konstantaras, A., and Argyrakis, P.: The Analysis of the Aftershock Sequence of the Recent Mainshock in Arkalochori, Crete Island Greece, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-3940, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3940, 2022.

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