First earthquake felt
I meant to say in my last post that I have now actually felt one of the earthquakes. Around lunchtime on the 25th I was sitting on my balcony using the laptop when suddenly everything was shuddering. I realised immediately what it was because I remember feeling a couple of very small ones that the UK experienced some years back. This one only lasted for a couple of seconds and was very slight but I had felt it. There is an interesting web site for anyone that might wish to take a look, it shows all the seismic activity going on all around the world. When you look at it you will see that this earth is never still, there are earthquakes happening somewhere all the time.
The link will take you to the list of current earthquakes & you can go backwards in time on it too:
You will find several references to areas of Greece, Aegean Sea etc. The area that mainly affects Zakynthos is listed as Ionian Sea. If you work your way back to 25.08.06 at 11:20:39.9 you will find the one I felt. If you click on the date & time for any entry it will take you to more details. For this particular one they have currently listed it as magnitude unknown & it occured 23 km south of Zakynthos.
I noticed that there is also one listed as occuring on 27.08.06 at 13:41:19.7 but I didn't feel this at all. The details show it as having it's epicentre further away.
The series of quakes that Justine & Simon experienced earlier in the year were far, far more frequent & there were some pretty big ones too. If we do get any sizable ones I know to either get outside or get under something substantial eg a table.
For anyone looking for photos today I have posted two. These are both taken from the kitchen of Justine & Simon's house. I have taken them because the view reminded me so much of parts of the Lake District which as many of you know is a place so dear to my heart. The buildings & the olive tress in the foreground give it away though. As far as I know there are no 'lakes' but hey I have the sea.
As you can see we do also have clouds sometimes (albeit mainly white fluffy ones) In fact yesterday there was quite a strong breeze although it was still very warm, but it was a welcome relief.
The link will take you to the list of current earthquakes & you can go backwards in time on it too:
You will find several references to areas of Greece, Aegean Sea etc. The area that mainly affects Zakynthos is listed as Ionian Sea. If you work your way back to 25.08.06 at 11:20:39.9 you will find the one I felt. If you click on the date & time for any entry it will take you to more details. For this particular one they have currently listed it as magnitude unknown & it occured 23 km south of Zakynthos.
I noticed that there is also one listed as occuring on 27.08.06 at 13:41:19.7 but I didn't feel this at all. The details show it as having it's epicentre further away.
The series of quakes that Justine & Simon experienced earlier in the year were far, far more frequent & there were some pretty big ones too. If we do get any sizable ones I know to either get outside or get under something substantial eg a table.
For anyone looking for photos today I have posted two. These are both taken from the kitchen of Justine & Simon's house. I have taken them because the view reminded me so much of parts of the Lake District which as many of you know is a place so dear to my heart. The buildings & the olive tress in the foreground give it away though. As far as I know there are no 'lakes' but hey I have the sea.
As you can see we do also have clouds sometimes (albeit mainly white fluffy ones) In fact yesterday there was quite a strong breeze although it was still very warm, but it was a welcome relief.
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