Greek authorities sent special forces, rescue teams, tents and drones to the island of Santorini after the road -seismic chills were recorded in the area.
Amid the fears of a larger earthquake that can cause a tsunami, people are advised to avoid shores and dererician buildings, so that swimming pools are empty and preventing the gathering in large numbers in the enclosed that spaces. The Civil Protection Ministry said schools will be closed as a careful proposal on Monday.
“No one can be determined,” Kostas Papazachos, a geophysics professor at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, said State broadcaster Ert. “And that is why the steps are being placed, it will certainly limit the impact of a stronger earthquake.”
Greece sits on many faultlines and is often rattled by earthquakes, but experts have described the increasing seismic activity within 48 hours, with more than 200 vibration registered, as dramatic, though they emphasized that The chills are that tectonic -tectonic instead of volcanic activity.
Papazachos told local media that many earthquakes measured 4 to 4.5 on the Richter scale, with the most powerful recorded water between Santorini and Amorgos.
The site of one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the recorded history, Santorini is also the most popular Aegean Isle of Greece, which attracts an estimated 3.5 million tourists last year.
In the early evening on Sunday as similar steps were taken to Amorgos and the neighboring iOS and Anafi arelets, Santorini rescue teams built tents in raised areas in basketball and basketball courts and in car parks. In the event of a tsunami, people were told to go to the land.
Ferry companies said there was an increase in foreign workers leaving the island for the Piraeus port. A travel advisory to the UK government was defined in the Greek Civil Protection Ministry guide to the earthquake.
Research showed the crust under the seas around Santorini to be filled with faultlines. In 1956, the island suffered extensive damage after being hit by an earthquake of more than seven on the Richter scale, which caused the tsunami.
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Gerasimos Papadopoulos, a seismologist, said “all is possible” but the increased activity has been recorded “at sea at significant distances from the islands”, which is “fortunate”.
Additional protection measures should be discussed at a Cabinet meeting called by the Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, later on Sunday attended by the head of the armed forces, in the midst of speculation that the military will also be sent to Aegean Isles .
