MAVROULIS, S., LEKKAS, E. (2018). – Local tsunamigenic earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis in the southern and southwestern Peloponnese and intensities based on the Integrated Tsunami Intensity Scale (ITIS 2012). Proceedings 9th International INQUA Workshop on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA Days 2018), pp. 160-163, 25-27 June 2018, Possidi, Greece.
The southern Peloponnese has been affected by destructive historical and recent earthquakes with considerable effects on human, nature, buildings and infrastructures. Among other earthquake environmental effects, tsunamis were also induced and affected the coastal southern and southwestern Peloponnese. It is concluded that the most affected and vulnerable by tsunami generation areas are the northern and western coastal areas of the Messinian and the Laconian Gulfs and the Ionian coast of Messinia. The effects of the tsunamigenic earthquakes of 1842, 1867, 1886, 1899 and 1947 mainly included coastal inundation, washing of ships on the shore as well receding of the sea from the coast and subsequent sea level rise. Severe damage of buildings and infrastructures of the coasta TIS 2012 intensities were XITIS 2012 in Laconian Gulf, IXITIS 2012 in Messinian Gulf and VIIIITIS 2012