Preliminary Observations on the August 14, 2003, Lefkada Island (Western Greece) Earthquake.

A few hours after the earthquake and during the subsequent three weeks, teams of experts (seismologists and civil engineers of the research staff of ITSAK) visited the meizoseismal area. ITSAK teams consisted of engineering seismologists B. Margaris, C. Papaioannou, and N. Theodulidis; geophysicist A. Savvaidis; geotechnical engineers A. Anastasiadis, N. Klimis, and K. Makra; and structural engineers M. Demosthenous, C. Karakostas, V. Lekidis, T. Makarios, T. Salonikios, and S. Sous.