In the Aegean Sea earthquake storm. In the last week, more than 400 earthquakes occurred in the region with a size of 1.3 to 4.8. Earthquakes were felt in Turkey.
With earthquakes Greece It is almost alerting; Tents are set up at the open -air stadium in Santorini, in the case of police and fire department. Special disaster intervention teams and special search dogs are kept ready.
“Stay away from open -air activities”
The inhabitants of the island were advised to avoid large open -air activities and stay away from four small ports, especially Fira Port serving cruise ships.
Greek Prime Minister Micotakis called for peace after the tremors.
“Empty the pools” instruction
House and hotel owners, in the event of a severe earthquake, a large amount of water was given instructions to evacuate swimming pools, concern that the buildings could be destroyed. Ferry companies, the number of foreign workers who left the island announced an increase. The British government’s travel advice was referred to by the Greek Civil Defense Ministry of Defense on earthquakes. Greece media, the Aegean Sea for a few days in the last situation in the last situation with the latest situation with the comments of experts.
“Recording to tectonic zone”
Speaking to the Kathimerini newspaper, Vassilis Karastathis, Director of Greece Geodynamic Institute, said that many earthquakes were recorded in terms of both frequency and size on February 1-2 and many of them exceeded 4 magnitude. “What we aim is a gradual reduction in seismic activity, but the opposite is happening right now,” Karastathis said. According to Karastathis, the attention of seismologists from Kaldera to the Anudros region, where the activity was completely attached to tectonic causes.
1956 earthquake in mind
Karastathis stressed that it is risky to compare these concussions with the 1956 earthquake. The Amorgos -based earthquake on July 9, 1956 was 7.8. 54 people lost their lives in this earthquake, 35 percent of the buildings were destroyed.
Heard intense buzzing scares
Anafi Mayor Iakovos Rousos made the following statement after the shocks: “Sakiniz. We are a small island, we know each other, we are all together. We are shaken many times during the day, we are more intensified every day, but the most difficult earthquake before the earthquake. , something we heard intensively last night. ” When the Amorgos fault created a large earthquake in 1956, Rousos said that the damage on the island was at a minimum level and said that a team from Athens would go to Anafi and Amorgos and place new seismographs on the islands. Mayor, “ours will be placed on the anault helicopter runway,” he added. Costas Papazachos, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute of Working and Monitoring of Santorini (IMPIS), a professor of seismology at the University of Aristotle and Santorini, emphasized that “preventive measures are taken” and “There is no need to panic.