Sc. Stiros et al., QUATERNARY UPLIFT AND TILTING OF AMORGOS-ISLAND (SOUTHERN AEGEAN) ANDTHE 1956 EARTHQUAKE, Earth and planetary science letters, 128(3-4), 1994, pp. 65-76
Uplifted Pleistocene marine sediments, submerged ancient ruins and rai
sed beaches confirm earlier views that the asymmetry of the relief of
Amorgos Island (southern Aegean) testifies to a fault-bounded block up
lifted and tilted along a SW-NE trending horizontal axis; the uplifted
coast corresponds to a high-gradient slope controlled by an oblique m
aster normal fault. Furthermore, geomorphic and biological evidence, r
adiometric data and comparison of aerial photographs indicates that th
e 1956 earthquake (M(s) = 7.4) uplifted the footwall of this normal fa
ult by about 30 cm.