The Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME) is working on a digital map that will provide details on the locations, characteristics and potential seismicity of the country’s fault lines. The database will also be enriched with input from all the other specialized agencies and will be open to the public and not just scientists. “Every fault will be assigned a unique number and each will be inputted with details concerning its geographic position, incline, length, depth and energetic properties,” explains Dimitris Galanakis, HSGME’s head of disaster technology management. “In the case of faults that have been studied in greater detail, we can, depending on their characteristics, make some assessment of their earthquake potential,” he adds. Moreover the database will provide relevant literature on the earthquakes – i.e. the history and publications around these faults – and even a text with conflicting scientific opinions, if available. The digital map of the faults will be updated regularly.
