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OCHA-Geneva-99/0144
General Situation

1. On 15 September 1999, the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Greek Ministry of Interior released updated figures about the impact of the earthquake which hit the northern suburbs of Athens on 7 September 1999. The report states that 136 persons were killed and 4 people are still missing. Currently only 6 people are hospitalized due to injuries.

2. The General Secretariat for Civil Protection also reported that over 70,000 people are homeless, and the total number of affected population is over 100,000.

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0142
GREECE EARTHQUAKE
OCHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT N0. 3
11 September 1999

Situation

1. On 10 September 1999 OCHA received an information message from the General Secretariat for Civil Protection of the Greek Ministry of Interior. The report states that since the earthquake, which hit Greece on Tuesday, 7 September, 755 aftershocks have been felt across Athens, including 17 aftershocks that registered a magnitude between 4.0 and 4.8 on the Richter Scale. According to the media, the death toll has reached 106 today.

Situation: 10.9.99, 18h30

L'équipe de la Chaîne suisse de sauvetage est de retour de sa mission en Grèce. Sept des huit membres de l'équipe ainsi que les trois chiens sont arrivés vendredi à 18h20 à bord d'un avion de ligne Swissair qui assurait la liaison entre Athènes et Zurich. La huitième personne, un citoyen double national, est resté chez lui, en Grèce.

Les chiens suisses ont localisé au total 14 personnes. Grâce à ce travail de localisation, trois personnes ont pu être sauvées. Neuf autres victimes ont été retirées sans vie des décombres.

Ref: OCHA/GVA - 99/0139
GREECE EARTHQUAKE
OCHA-GENEVA SITUATION REPORT N0. 2
8 SEPTEMBER 1999 - 17:00 Geneva time

General Situation

1. The earthquake which hit Greece at 11:56 GMT (14:56 local time) on 7 September 1999, lasted 10 seconds and was followed by hundreds of aftershocks, 40 to 50 of which were registered above 3.5 on the Richter scale. The most serious damage has been reported from the Athens suburbs of Menidi, Metamorphosis and Thracomekedones. According to the latest press reports, at least 50 persons died in the earthquake,

The Disaster
A strong earthquake struck the Greek capital Athens at 14.56 hours local time today (Tuesday), measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale and lasting ten seconds. The tremour was felt as far away as Corinth, 100 km south of the city. According to latest figures from media reports, at least 25 people are dead and hundreds are trapped in rubble. State television said that children, the youngest of them aged five, had been at a nursery school in one of the collapsed buildings. In all more than 100 buildings were reported to be seriously damaged. The

DHA GENEVA 95/0271
1. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN EGION COMPLETED.

2. FINAL DEATH TOLL REPORTED: 26. MORE THAN 60 PERSONS REPORTED INJURED, AND HOUSING FOR MORE THAN 15,000 PEOPLE HAS BEEN AFFECTED.

3. THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN HAS RELEASED RELIEF GOODS FROM THE DHA WAREHOUSE IN PISA, ITALY, INCLUDING 50 FAMILY TENTS AND 1000 BLAN KETS. DHA IS ARRANGING TRANSPORTATION OF THE GOODS TO GREECE, THIS WILL BE COMPLETED ON 22 JUNE.

4. GREECE ALSO ACCEPTED AN ITALIAN OFFER OF 20 SHELTERED HOUSING FACILITIES TO BE DEPLOYED TO THE DAMAGED AREA.

5. THIS IS THE LAST SITUATION REPORT

DHA-GENEVA 95/0252
1. A STRONG EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ON 15 JUNE 1995 IN WESTERN GREECE ABOUT 145 KM FROM ATHENS IN THE SEA NEAR THE CITY OF EGION.

2. A MAGNITUDE OF 6.1 WAS COMPUTED FOR THIS EVENT. PRELIMINARY HYPOCENTRE - LATITUDE 38.4 DEGREES NORTH, LONGITUDE 22.2 DEGREES EAST, ORIGIN TIME 00 15 51.9 UTC, DEPTH NORMAL. AN AFTERSHOCK OF MAGNITUDE 5.5 OCCURRED ABOUT 15 MINUTES FOLLOWING THE MAIN EVENT.

3. GREEK EPPO, THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE PLANNING AND PROTECTION ORGANIZATION, REPORTED TO DHA THE FOLLOWING PRELIMINARY INFORMATION ON THE DISASTER: 10 DEAD AND 20-25 MISSING.

UNDRO 90/1988

GREECE - EARTHQUAKE
UNDRO INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
21 DECEMBER 1990

1. EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED ABOUT 50 KMS NORTH OF THESSALONIKI, GREECE, 6.57 HRS GMT, 21 DECEMBER.

2. ACCORDING TO US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, EARTHQUAKE HYPOCENTER AT LATITUDE 40.9 NORTH, LONGITUDE 22.5 EAST, MAGNITUDE 6.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

3. PRELIMINARY INFORMATION INDICATES DAMAGE TO HOUSING, ONE DEATH IN AFFECTED AREA. POWER AND TELEPHONE CUT IN SOME VILLAGES. EARTHQUAKE ALSO FELT IN YUGOSLAVIA AND BULGARIA.

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