A strong earthquake near Santorini near days after trembling ncvrs.com

Strong earthquake It was fixed between the Greek islands of Amorgos and Santorini, after a consecutive days.

More than 11,000 people left Santorini, about 7,000 ferries and 4,000 people left.

Wednesday by local time (19:09 GMT) at 21:09, a 5.2 earthquake, The strongest in recent days. It is estimated at a depth of 5 km.

This was followed by a 4.7 Quake, which was recorded southwest of Amorgos, at 07:50 on Thursday after 57 trembling between midnight and 06:30.

Have not been reported on the island so far but Authorities take precautionary measures and stiffening in the event of a major earthquake.

Vasilis Karastathis, director of the Geodynamic Institute, told Ertnews that “seismicity continues at the same rate as in the previous days,” intense. ”

“There are quite a large number of earthquakes that are in size over 4,” he said.

“Still, we are not in a position to say that we see evidence that would slowly end the series. We are still in the middle of the road. We have not seen any thinning, any indication that it is going.

Santorini hosts millions of tourists a year, but this is currently a low season, meaning local residents and workers are the majority of the evacuates.

The bad weather means that the ferry to Piraeus harbor near Athens will not work. Harmful conditions are expected to continue in the coming days.

Many travelers stay in the Santorini harbor to get on the emergency ferry routes that have been set up because many families want to leave the island.

The schools of Santorini – and other neighboring islands, including Anafi, Paros, Naxos and Mykonos – will be closed until Friday, when authorities make a decision when they can reopen.

The island was confirmed with Naxos firefighters and medical staff on another island.

All hospital employees are in standby to help those who have stayed on the island, with all leaves and days off.

The rescue units have also arrived to strengthen the service of the island and are expected to help the armed forces.

According to the Ministry of Health, the first thing that doctors and nurses move from other islands is the first thing when the staff needs an emergency. In the case of an increased need in Santorini, Athens doctors are also sent to the island.

In Santorini Town Hall, a backup -rescue telecommunication station is set to activate in the event of a large earthquake and telecommunications problem.

Vassis Kikilias, the Minister of Climate and Civil Defense, said that the units of firefighters specializing in natural disasters were sent to Santorini. Teams with special dogs and a mobile operation center have also been sent to the island, while the helicopters are in standby in the case of emergency.

Kikilias also said that the Coast Guard and Armed Forces are available to help vulnerable people who want to evacuate.

Earlier on Wednesday, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis made an optimistic voice at a meeting of civil protection experts.

“Above all, the state trusts science and scientists. We have done this in other crises,” the prime minister said.

“All the plans have been implemented. The forces were moved to Santorini and the other islands to be ready anyway,” Mitsotakis emphasized.

“We will continue this, with the good hope that things will be better and the phenomenon will disappear.”

Mitsotakis finished his statement with the appeal to the islanders to “stay calm and cooperate with the authorities”.

“I understand the fear that they are in Santorini, which is constantly trembling,” he added, emphasizing that the situation is evaluated daily.

The Thirra Chamber of Commerce requested, in a letter to government ministries, to suspend businesses on the island and to bring emergency support measures in accordance with Covid-19.

“The consequences of the local economy are unpredictable, the central markets weaken, and businesses lose customers and revenue,” the letter reads.

“The island will be left because yesterday 11,000 permanent residents have left, which is expected to rise to 14,000 by the end of the week.”

“Therefore, as the local economy collapses and the situation is constantly deteriorating, we believe that an emergency needs to be introduced especially in Santorini.”

Santorini is called the Hellenic volcanic arc -the chain of the islands created by volcanoes -but the last major outbreak was in the 1950s.

According to the Greek authorities, recent tremors are related to tectonic disk movements, not volcanic activity.

Scientists cannot predict the exact scheduling, size or location of earthquakes.

But there are areas of the world where they are more likely to be able to prepare for governments.

Earthquakes are the consequences of the movement of tectonic plates in the earth’s crust. Occasionally, these discs are attached to each other when they meet, called a disk border or error.

Santorini and other Greek islands are close to such a line.