GNGTS 2017 - 36° Convegno Nazionale

GNGTS 2017 S essione 1.1 81 The locations and the M values look very similar: some disagreement may concern the depth. Damage in the island was heavy: the city of Kos was party destroyed. The earthquake was also damaging in the nearby Turkish mainland (Datcha peninsula) and less severe in Nysiros, Leros and Rhodes; It was also felt in Simi, Kalymnos and as far away as Santorini. The death toll was less than 200 persons in total. Papazachos and Papazachou (2003) supply a short description. Fig. 3 shows a view of the Old City of Kos after the earthquake. Tab. 1 - Parameters for the 1933 earthquake. Source Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Mw Ambraseys (2001) 36.75 27.20 40 6.46 (Ms) Papazachos and Papazachou (2003) 36.80 27.30 normal 6.6 Kalafat et al. (2011) 36.77 27.29 30 6.2 Makropoulos et al. (2012) 36.76 27.17 44 6.5 Gruenthal et al. (2013) 36.760 27.170 44 6.5 (0.3) Storchak et al. (2013) 36.751 27.292 15 6.32 (0.2) Kadiriog˘lu et al. (2017) 36.77 27.29 30 6.4 (Ms) Fig. 3 - Old City of Kos. Although the location of that earthquake apparently looks similar to the one of the 2017 event, it would be important to understand whether the source of the 1933 earthquake is the same or it is another segment of the same fault. The particular historical context and the proximity of the Turkish territory, requires investigation in varied repositories, and this stimulated the collaboration between Greece, Turkey and Italy. Investigation: sources. archives. The main source of information should be the “Archivio del Dodecaneso”, handed back to Greece when Dodecanese was assigned to Greece in 1947. It is currently stored in the Rhodes State Archives, which contain most of the documents of the ItalianAdministration. Dodecanese was rather independent from Italy: the Governor reported to