On June 8th 2008, and 12:25:28:0 UTC, an earthquake of ML=6,5 and D≈15km stroke NW Peloponne-sus. The epicenter is located in the wider Andravida area (Western Greece), according to formal earth-quake announcement of the National Observatory of Athens.
Casualties reported 2 people were killed, 214 injured and extended disasters took place to Ileia and Achaia prefectures. More than 15 villages and cities have reported significant damage and 3 of the vil-lages were evacuated due to rockfall danger in potential aftershock. Reported until today, 150 houses collapsed, 500 houses were rated as inhabitable, and 350 repairable.
The moment tensor solutions of the earthquake (HARV, INGV, USGS, ETHZ, AUTH, NOA) demonstrate a strike slip fault, trending NE-SW. It should be mentioned that until now the allocation of the aftershocks prove the same trend as the fault.
In Kato Achagia area, seismic fractures have been observed, trending NE-SW, showing dextral move-ment and causing deformations and breaks in railway lines as well as breaks in concrete blocks, water supply network and soil fractures. The horizontal displacement of either side blocks is estimated to be around 20cm. The length of the fractures is larger than 300m. In addition, adjoint extensional fractures trending NW-SE were allocated in the misoseismal area.
Taking into account all the mentioned above, a full geometrical, dynamic, kinematic and spatial correla-tion is being noticed. This indicates that the NE-SW trending seismic fractures should be the strike slip fault zone's countenance on the surface, the which had no surface occurrence until today.
In conclusion, there should be mentioned that uncommonly severe damages have occurred in buildings, infrastructures and residential areas along the fracture's surface.