The Institute
The Institute of Engineering Seismology & Earthquake Engineering (ITSAK) is a research center established in 1979. It has been operating free field strong motion instruments on a national scale (consisting of more than 96 instruments) and a special 3D strong motion array in the...
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Achievements
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Structure
ITSAK consists of the following research diciplines: Engineering Seismology : strong motion network operation, attenuation and empirical modelling of strong motion characteristics, site effects modelling and assessment, shallow and deep structure, simulation of strong motion,...
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Personnel
Engineering Seismology
Engineering Seismology focuses on applied research and validation in various fields of Seismology, Engineering Seismology and Applied Geophysics. The research topics include: 1. Applied Geophysics Reflection, refraction, Cross-Hole and Down-Hole surveys...
Earthquake Engineering
One of the main objectives of the Earthquake Engineering Division of ITSAK is applied research on the mitigation of the destructive results of strong earthquakes on structures. Among the various research fields within this framework, one can mention: Investigation of the dynamic behaviour of...
Empirical Studies and theoretical investigation for the modeling of Greek strong motion recordings
EUROSEISTEST, Volvi - Thessaloniki, A European Test for Engineering Seismology, Earthquake Engineering and Seismology
Creation of a homogeneous Greek-Italian (grita) strong-motion data bank for attenuation and site effects studies
EUROSEISMOD: Development and experimental validation of advanced modelling techniques in engineering seismology, earthquake engineering and seismology
Cyprus Euro/Mediteranian New Technology (CEMENT)
Earthquake Prone Regions Study
Geophysical and Geotectonic properties of the Upper Crust using the Magnetotelluric Sounding Method in the area of Delvino, Albania
In this project we co-ordinated the acquisition and processing of more than 300 sounding data acquired in order to reveal the three-dimensional resistivity structure of the area. Additionally, we proposed a strike analysis model that reveals the regional and local tectonic features along with 2D...
Processing of Surface Wave Data and Tutoring in Surface Wave Data Analysis and Inversion
In this project we process different active and passive Surface wave data acquired in Sweden. Additionally a one week workshop was held in Uppsala University for Introducing the Surface Wave Data Analysis and Inversion. Finaly, the students had the opportunity to work with the GEOPSY (...
SINAPS@ - Earthquake and Nuclear Facilities: Ensuring Safety and Sustaining
The SINAPS@ research program ( http://www.institut-seism.fr/en/projects/sinaps/ ) aims at exploring the uncertainties inherent in databases, knowledge of the physical processes and methods used at each step of the evaluation of the seismic hazard and the vulnerability of structures and nuclear...
GEOMIND - Geophysical Multilingual Internet-Driven Information Service
The GEOMIND system was developed to meet the needs of people and organizations that will potentially use geophysical data. It is a web based information service (portal) to find geophysical data from across Europe. It provides a multilingual platform to utilize geophysical data without a...
Kiriaki Konstantinidou
Nikolaos Theodoulidis
Basil Margaris
Christos Papaioannou
Anastasia Sousougeli
Stratos Zacharopoulos
Apostolos Marinos
Efstathios Tsiras
Christos Karakostas
Vretta Stella
Chávez-García, F., D. Raptakis, K. Makra & K. Pitilakis, (2000): “Site Effects at EURO-SEISTEST - II. Results from 2D Numerical Modeling and Comparison with Observations”, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 19(1), 23-39.
Natural Hazards, 21, pp. 277-295.">Dimitriu P., Scordilis E., Karacostas B., (2000): “Multifractal analysis of the Arnea, Greece seismicity with potential implications for earthquake prediction”, Natural Hazards, 21, pp. 277-295.
Dimitriu P., Theodulidis N., Bard P-Y., (2000): “Evidence of nonlinear site response in HVSR from SMAR1 (Taiwan) data”, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 20, pp. 155-165.
Hatzfeld D., Karakostas V., Ziazia M., Kassaras I., Papadimitriou E., Makropoulos K., Voulgaris N., Papaioannou Ch., (2000): “Microseismicity and faulting geometry in the Gulf of Corinth (Greece)”, Geophysical Journal International, 141, pp. 438-456.
Karakostas Ch., Manolis G., (2000): “Dynamic Response of Unlined Tunnels in Soil with Random Properties”, Engineering Structures, Vol. 22, No. 8, pp. 1013-1027.
Makaris D., Theodulidis N., Stavrakakis G., (2000): “Estimation of peak ground acceleration due to hypothetical fault models, different attenuation relations and amplification factors: The Zakynthos, W. Greece, earthquake of November 1997”, Natural Hazards, 21, pp. 297-315.
Papaioannou Ch., Papazachos B., (2000): “Time independent and time dependent seismic hazard in Greece based on seismogenic sources”, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90, pp. 22-23.
Papazachos, B., Karakaisis, G., Hatzidimitriou, P., Karakostas, B., Kiratzi, A., Leventakis, G., Margaris, B., Panagiotopoulos, D., Papadimitriou, E., Papaioannou, Ch., Papazachos, C., Savvaidis, A., Theodulidis, N., Tsapanos, T. and P. Dimitriou (2000): “A procedure to assess the evolution of a seismic sequence”, Annales Geol. des Pays Hell., XXXVIII, pp. 103-112.
Raptakis, D., F. Chávez-García, K. Makra & K. Pitilakis, (2000): “Site Effects at EURO-SEISTEST - I. Determination of the Valley Structure and Confrontation of the Observations with 1D analysis”, Soil Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering, 19(1), 1-22.
Roumelioti Z., Kiratzi A., Theodulidis N., Papaioannou Ch., (2000): “A comparative study of a stochastic and deterministic simulation of strong ground motions applied to the Kozani-Grevena 1995 sequence in NW Greece”, Annali di Geofisica, 43, pp. 951-966.
The Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering within the MARIE CURIE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS project TOK-DEV, "International Transfer of Seismological Advanced Knowledge and Geophysical Research" (ITSAK-GR) organizes one-day seminar with one invited speaker. The seminar will...
On September 12, 2012 (03:27 GMT) a strong earthquake occurred off the southwestern coasts of Crete Island. According to the web page of the Seismological Station of the Thessaloniki University it was a shallow earthquake with epicentral coordinates 34.900 Ο N 24.112 Ο E and focal...
On September 21 (15:21 GMT) and September 22 (03:52 GMT), 2012 two earthquakes occurred in Corinthiakos Gulf. The earthquakes were felt and the accelerographic network in the area recorded the ground accelerations. In this preliminary report information are given on the recorded ground...
We are pleased to invite you in Dr David Boore's talk about: “What do ground-motion prediction equations tell us about motions near faults?” The talk will place in Tuesday 16th of May 2013, 12:00 at ITSAK premises.
EPPO-ITSAK research team was awarded with the Best Paper Award during the First International Conference on Remote Sensing and Geo-information of Environment (RSCy2013). The awarded paper titled "GEO-CHARACTERIZATION ACCORDING TO RECENT ADVANCES OF EUROCODE (EC8)" was a collaborative work were...
The new website of the Black Sea Project " Scinet Nat Haz " is on air. The global objective of the project is to achieve a strong regional partnership and cooperation through the development of a Scientific Network and the establishment of scientific consensus, in order to setup common...
In January 26, 2014, 13:55 GMT (15:55 local time) a strong earthquake with magnitude M6.1 (HVR) occurred at the southwestern coasts of the Cephalonia island, about 9km southwest of the Lixouri town. According to the Seismological Center of the Aristotle University of...
In February 3, 2014, 03:08 GMT (05:08 local time), eight days after the moment magnitude, M6.1, earthquake that hit the region of Cephalonia, another strong earthquake with a moment magnitude, M6.0, occurred at the Paliki peninsula, western coasts of the Cephalonia...