ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Scientists have detected thousands of earthquakes in just over two weeks near Santorini, a Greek volcanic island. Earthquakes cannot be excluded.
A very rare barrage of the earthquake that began in late January I’m worried about the authorities. They declared Emergency situation One of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations, they deploy rescuers with drones and sniffer dogs, waiting for coast guard and naval ships.
Thousands of residents and visitors have left the island, but Santorini and the nearby island schools I was ordered to stay closed In the week.
Extra doctors and emergency services have been sent to a Santorini hospital, with six disaster medicine teams waiting as reinforcements. Medical staff practiced evacuation drills on Tuesday, running out the building with people pretending to be patients moving stretchers.
“The preparation of our medical facilities for natural disasters such as earthquakes is extremely important,” Deputy Health Minister Marios Themistocreos said during a visit to the hospital.
Scientists are closely monitoring Earthquakes occur between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos and two volcanoes in the area. They are unclear whether dozens of daily earthquakes, ranging from magnitude 3 to approximately 5, are a precursor to a rather large major earthquake, or continue with low magnitude earthquakes frequently for weeks or months. I say that.
Overall, since January 26th, approximately 12,000 earthquakes have been registered, with 109 occurring on Monday alone, with the National Athens and Capodistrian University Crisis Management Committee said in a statement Tuesday.
Thirteen of Monday’s earthquakes registered more than four sizes, but several occurred on Tuesday with similar sizes. It was the largest magnitude 5.2 to date, struck on Monday night and continued at another time about 2 hours later at magnitude 5.
“The possibility of an earthquake after a major earthquake cannot be ruled out,” the statement said.
The University of Athens said scientists had deployed more research equipment Tuesday to monitor the situation, but seismologists and volcanologists said they had reportedly reportedly on Tuesday evening as part of a regular discussion of the situation. He was supposed to meet.
Greece is very expensive Earthquake-active parts of the world Earthquakes occur frequently, but it is very rare for any part of the country to experience such a severe barrage of earthquakes over such a long period.
Santorini took the current crescent shape after a massive volcanic eruption in ancient times. Now, millions of visitors see millions of visitors each year clinging to the caldera rims of the whitewashed house and the dramatic view of the blue Domi church.
