On Wednesday, the Greek authorities updated plans in case hundreds of shocks that have been registered on the island of Santorini for several days were a harbinger of a larger earthquake. As reported by AP, near the island is located a coastal guide vessel and a military airborne vessel In case it is necessary Urgent evacuationwrites TASR.
A meeting of security forces with scientists and members of the government took place in Athens on Wednesday. Vasilis Kikilias, the Minister of Civilian Protection, justified his actions with the need Develop scenarios for positive and negative development of the situation. The Department of Digitization has informed that A mobile unit for satellite communication has been transported to Santorini. Telecommunications service providers sent to Santorini and nearby Islands Anafi, Amorgos and iOS Generators and mobile telecommunications units.
It was also created Digital platform MySaftyPlan.Gov.GR with maps, on which areas are determined as safe collection points in the case of a natural disaster. Greece lies in a seismically active area and the earthquakes are common there. However, it is extremely rare for any part of the country to experience such Intense onslaught in the form of frequent earthquakes.
AP recalled that To predict earthquakes is not possible and experts are not able to determine with the final validitywhether seismic activity between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos is a harbinger of a larger earthquakeor only part of weeks or months of small or moderately strong earthquakes.
For the time being, the authorities have stated that The monitors recorded increased volcanic activity in the flooded caldera to Santorini, that arose at a massive volcanic explosion about 3500 years ago. However, scientists say that this is not related to earthquakes. They believe that the seismic activity northeast of the island is unlikely to induce the activity of any of the two volcanoes in the area.
In the meantime, the authorities in the area of earthquakes have banned access to several coastal areas and ordered on several islands to close schools for a week. In Santorini’s pain prohibited public events and the authorities restricted access to areas on the tops of the cliffs, which are among the biggest tourist attractions.
Santorini since last weekend left thousands of locals and visitors, whom the series frightened earthquakes with magnitude 3 to 5 in the area. Board and airlines have added additional connections to their transport order to meet the increased interest of passengers. Ferry transport, however, thwarted the bad weather on Wednesday.
