Greece on high readiness as multiple tremor shake island of Santorini
Downhill The Greek island of Santorini The authorities have brought to the schools, shipping rescue teams with dog dogs and sending instructions to residents, including a request for exhausting pools.
Although earthquake experts say that more than 200 trembling ones who hit the early Friday are not associated with a volcano in Santorini, which once produced one of the greatest eruptions in human history, the locals are on the verge.
The strongest recorded earthquake was Magnituda 4.6 on Sunday at 3:55 pm, at a depth of 14 kilometers (9 miles), said the Athens Geodynamic Institute. There were several shivers of magnitude 4 and dozens of magnitude 3. There were no reports of damage or victims.
Earthquake experts and servants of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection and Fire Department meet daily and decided to close schools on Santorini Island on Monday, as well as in the vicinity of Amorgos, Anafi and iOS.
After Sunday’s meeting, they also advised residents and hotel owners in Santorini to exhaust their pools for concern that large amounts of water could destabilize buildings in case of a strong earthquake.
The second meeting is scheduled for Sunday night at the Prime Minister’s Office with the head of the Greece and other officials.
The fire department sent a rescuer contingent, including Sniffer PSA, and sent more forces on Sunday as a precautionary measure. Rescuers set tents in open fields.
The residents of the island are advised to avoid large outdoor events and move around the island carefully on the rocks. All four islands have steep cliffs and, in the case of Santorini, a large part of the capital is built on a cliff.
Experts said it was impossible to predict whether seismic activity could lead to a stronger shiver, but they added that the area could potentially produce an earthquake of 6 magnitude.
The mild earthquake was also recorded by Santorini’s volcano Calder, which is mostly under help, from September. The strongest with magnitude 3.8 happened on January 25th. Since then, seismic activity has silenced within the volcano, experts say.
The eruption of Vulcan Santorini, around 1600 BC, devastated the island, buried the city and caused huge earthquakes and floods that affected the island of Crete and to Egypt. Experts estimate that they were expelled up to 41.3 cubic kilometers (9.8 cubic miles) rock and 9-meter (29 feet) tsunamis hit crete.
In the 1990s, Vulcan Santorini was named one of 16 volcanoes around the world to be monitored because of past mass eruptions and proximity to the dense areas of the population.