Last night was difficult for its residents, after 6.2 Richter and most of the 120 aftershocks that followed. Thousands of families were forced to spend the night in the parks and light fires as the temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius.
falling from buildings at the time of the strong earthquake and were taken to hospitals. No buildings fell from the earthquake, nor were there dead.
CCTV footage of 6.2 earthquake in a restaurant in Istanbul, Turkey
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Residents have described the main earthquake as one of the strongest to experience for years, expressing fears of even greater earthquake.
Possible damage to Agia Sofia if seismic activity continues
when a major earthquake preceded 7.8 Richter and a few days later Athens was shaken by the Parnitha rift.
According to OASP President Efthimi Lekka, Marmara’s tectonic rift, from which yesterday’s strong vibration came, can give earthquakes of 7 Richter. As he pointed out, speaking in the ERTnews Central Newsletter if the intense activity continues there is a risk of damaging Agia Sofia.
“This earthquake is not expected to trigger tectonic structures in Greece, unless we go to larger sizes so we will review our appreciation to see if the Greek space is affected,” he said.
Three scenarios for the 1500km rift
“He broke a small piece of the rift and gave the earthquake of 6.2, of course there is a lot of great energy to be relieved. Three are the scenarios, the first This is the main earthquake and we have a multitude of aftershocks. The secondly The scenario is to have 6.2 and then have a larger earthquake up to 7 on the Richter scale and the scenario is to have a sequence of about 30 earthquakes of 6 degrees so that the energy can be depreciated. Possibly if this sequence continues to have some damage to Hagia Sophia, “said Lekkas, pointing out the risk of collapse 1/3 of Constantinople’s building, mainly old buildings 50-100 years.
“Marmara’s rift is the end of the Great North Anatolian rift, which is one of the most active faults in the world, with a total length of 1500 kilometers, coming from the province of Bigiol in eastern Turkey and with branches reaching just 20 kilometers from Konstantinos.
It is the part that has not been broken and which we have expected to break for 5 years. As long as it was delayed, energy accumulated. A small part of this rift has been activated and the rest of the pieces are essentially released. “
Since 1939 this rift has given Turkey, 7 earthquakes over 7 Richter, with tens of thousands of victims, as many were those who jumped out of the windows during the earthquake believing they would be saved.
Nightmares for 7 Richter
warns Turkish professor of geology, Naci Gorur.
Following the resurrected vibrations that shook Constantinople today (23/4), the professor referred to the possibility of a new earthquake and pointed out how important the government’s cooperation with municipalities and ordinary citizens is.
“In the Kumburgaz rift in the Marmara Sea there are many earthquakes of different sizes. It is not the big earthquakes we are waiting for in Marmara. They increase the pressure that accumulates in this rift. The real earthquake here will be larger and more than 7 Richter, “he said in X.
“It is important not to discuss earthquakes when they occur. It is necessary to discuss it when there is no earthquake and take precautions. The government, the municipality and the world have to work in hand to prepare the city for an earthquake, “he said.
And he continued: “Urban transformation and building buildings do not prepare the city for an earthquake. An anti -seismic city is something different. Citizens need to do whatever is necessary, they must supervise and control. “
There is a lot of earthquakes on the Kumburgaz Fault in the Sea of Marmara in Istanbul. Of different sizes. These are not the big earthquake we expect in Marmara. They increase the stress accumulated by this fault. So he forces it to break. Here the real earthquake will be larger and over 7…
– Dr. Naci see (@nacatigorur)
