Cetin K Onder, Mylonakis George, Sextos Anastasios, Stewart Jonathan P
Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey.
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Bull Earthq Eng. 2022;20(14):7707-7712. doi: 10.1007/s10518-021-01212-y. Epub 2021 Aug 28.
The Samos Island (Aegean Sea) Earthquake occurred on 30 October 2020. It produced a tsunami that impacted coastal communities, ground shaking that was locally amplified in some areas and that led to collapse of structures with 118 fatalities in both Greece and Turkey, and wide-ranging geotechnical effects including rockfalls, landsliding, and liquefaction. As a result of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the reconnaissance of this event did not involve the deployment of international teams, as would be typical for an event of this size. Instead, following initial deployments of separate Greek and Turkish teams, the reconnaissance and documentation efforts were managed in a coordinated manner with the assistance of international partners. This coordination ultimately produced a multi-agency joint report published on the 2-month anniversary of the earthquake, and this special issue. This paper provides an overview of the reconnaissance activities undertaken to document the effects of this important event and summarizes key lessons spanning topic areas from seismology to emergency response.
萨摩斯岛（爱琴海）地震发生于2020年10月30日。地震引发了海啸，对沿海社区造成影响；地震引起的地面震动在一些地区被局部放大，导致建筑物倒塌，希腊和土耳其共有118人死亡，还产生了包括落石、山体滑坡和液化在内的广泛地质技术效应。由于全球新冠疫情，此次地震的勘察工作未像以往这类规模的事件那样部署国际团队。相反，在希腊和土耳其团队分别初步部署之后，勘察和记录工作在国际伙伴的协助下以协调的方式进行管理。这种协调最终产生了一份在地震两月纪念日发布的多机构联合报告，以及本期特刊。本文概述了为记录这一重大事件的影响而开展的勘察活动，并总结了从地震学到应急响应等主题领域的关键经验教训。
