Disastrous earthquakes in PIRGOS, 1993: The public warning

Abstract

The events leading up to the Pirgos earthquakes in 1993 have some similarities to what happened before the earthquakes that occurred in Killini-Vartholomio in 1988. A summary of the events of 1988, mentioned in Chapter 6, appears in the top time-chart of Figure 9.1 indicated by A. It is in fact Figure 28 from page 346 of the article entitled “Latest aspects on earthquake prediction in Greece, based on Seismic Electric Signals (SES)” (Varotsos and Lazaridou, 1991). This time-chart summarizes the following: On 31 August 1988, we recorded strong preseismic electric signals which were followed on 22 September by a strong earthquake of magnitude 5.6 near Killini. Approximately one week later, on 30 September, there was seismic activity near the island of Zakynthos and after 16 days, on 16 October, a devastating earthquake of magnitude 6.0 destroyed Vartholomio.