June 12, 2017 Earthquake: Lesbos, Greece

The Greek government declared a state of emergency on Tuesday after a strong earthquake struck the island of Lesbos in the Aegean Sea, killing a woman, injuring several people and leaving hundreds of residents homeless.The quake, centered about nine miles south of Lesbos, an area that was on the front line of the migrant influx two years ago, had a magnitude of 6.1, according to the Geodynamic Institute at the National Observatory of Athens. It struck about 3:30 Monday afternoon local time, and was felt in neighboring Turkey, although no injuries were reported there. Several hours later, rescue workers pulled the body of a 43-year-old woman from the rubble of her home in the village of Vrissa. An additional 15 people were said to have minor injuries. Vrissa, on the south of the island, bore the brunt of the temblor, with more than 40 houses destroyed and 40 badly damaged. Hundreds of residents spent the night in a makeshift camp set up by the army in a soccer field before moving in the morning to hotels or to the homes of relatives. (reference #11824)

On 12 June 2017 (12:28 GMT) an offshore destructive earthquake occurred approximately 15 km south of the SE coast of Lesvos Island, NE of Chios. There was one fatality in Vrissa village, caused by building collapse and fifteen people were injured due to collapsing buildings and falling debris. Damage was widespread throughout the southeastern part of Lesvos (damage is reported in at least 12 villages) whereas effects have been also observed at the Turkish coast. Based on the final list of the first round of buildings' formal inspections of 1986 buildings, 871 were found safe and 1115 unsafefor use. Heaviest damage was reported in the village of Vrissa and it was rapidly assessed by using of modern and innovative technologies and methodologies including Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and GIS online applications. About 80% of its buildings, most of them traditional stone masonry residential constructions built by the end of the 19th century or the beginning of the 20th century were damaged. Several collapsed while many were heavily damaged, reported dangerous and/orunrepairable.As regards the induced earthquake environmental effects, slope movements and ground cracks were generated in many sites of the affected area as well as seismic waves (tsunami) were reported in Plomari port. (reference #11840)

48 hours after the powerful tremor and the extend of the damages is visible. 250 homes in Plomari suffered damages, at least 10 houses have been declared as "uninhabitable" by the teams of technical experts inspecting the area. (reference #11839)

1 death, 11 injured (reference #1250)

One person killed, at least 12 injured and dozens of homes damaged on Lesbos, Greece. Plomarion, Lesvos, Greece - CDI: 9; Eresos, Lesvos, Greece - CDI: 7; Canakkale, Canakkale, Turkey - CDI: 7; Mimarsinan, Istanbul, Turkey - CDI: 6; Dikili, Izmir, Turkey - CDI: 6 (reference #13456)