More than 400 earthquakes In just six days, and 200 in the last two days: Greece y Türkiye – over all the central regions of the Hellenic country – they are on alert for a new Wave of earthquakes that, since Tuesday of last week, they stretch the central regions of the Mar egeoespecially around the tourist Greek Island of Santorinifamous throughout the world for being the top of a Sleeping volcano whose majority is submerged under water.
The greatest of these earthquakes, which occurred on Monday, has reached 5.1 points in the Richter scale: still far from the figures that, potentially, can damage human infrastructure and provoke, in open waters, a tsunami. The concern, however, is great.
“All scenarios are open. The number of tremors has increased, and the magnitudes of these fouls are increasing. The epicenters of the earthquakes are moving towards the northeast [hacia las fallas tectónicas]. The positive thing is that these ladies are tectonic, Non -volcanicbut the risk of a greater magnitude is increasing, ”the Greek geologist wrote this weekend Gerasimos Papadopulos.
Emergency meeting
This Sunday night, the Greek government convened an emergency meeting at Athensin which the Greek prime minister, Kyriakos mitsotakishe decreed closure of schools in Santorini and in the adjoining islands – a large part of them, volcanic. Also agreed to close the ports of the region and send campaign stores, Rescue dogs, police and firefighters to the area as a preventive measure in case there is an earthquake of great magnitude.
“We are trying to handle this Intense geological phenomenon. I ask our islanders to keep calm, to be attentive to the instructions of Civil defense. Our government is working to present to the public all geological data, so that everyone understands what is happening, ”Mitsotakis said on Monday, while the Greek press He showed, from Santorini, stress scenes on the island: the output tickets, both ferry and plane, have been exhausted for the next few days.
The date of this wave of tremors is indicated in the Eastern Mediterranean: This week is the second anniversary of the great 7.8 earthquake on the Richter scale that shook the Turkish Southeast and the Syrian Northwest. In that earthquake, on February 6, 2023, more than 60.000 personas.
