Identification and analysis of electromagnetic signals in Greece: The case of the Kozani Earthquake VAN Prediction

An electric station was installed in July 1993, 4.5 km away from the VAN station of Ioannina, and recorded in the following two years a number of anomalous signals, including those of April 18 and 19, 1995, interpreted by the VAN group as Seismic Electric Signals precursors to the May 13 Kozani earthquake (West-Macedonia). A magnetic station was also installed and clearly recorded the magnetic components of the same events. The amplitude, shape, characteristic pattern and duration, magnetic characteristics and polarisation of the anomalous signals suggest that they are generated by artificial (industrial) sources.

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