Athens, Greece (AP) – a series of earthquakes near Greek Santorini island The authorities have pushed schools closing, sending rescue teams with Sniffer dogs and sending instructions to the population, including a request to drain their swimming pools.
Although the earthquake experts say more than 200 tremors that struck the region since early Friday are not related to the volcano in Santorini, which once produced one of the largest explosions in human history, the local population is on the edge of the abyss.
The Geodamic Institute in Athens said that the strongest recorded earthquake was 4.6 at 3:55 pm on Sunday, at a depth of 14 km (9 miles). It followed a few tremors more than 4 size and tens of size 3. There were no reports on damage or victims.
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The earthquake experts and officials of the Ministry of Climate Crisis, Civil Protection and Fire Service meet daily and decided to close schools on Monday on Santorini Island, as well as nearby, nearly and IOS.
After Sunday’s meeting, they also advised residents and hotel owners in Santorini to drain their swimming pools due to fears that large quantities of water could shake build buildings in the event of a strong earthquake.
Another meeting was to be held on Sunday evening in the Prime Minister’s office with the head of the armed forces in Greece and other officials.
The firefighting service sent a group of rescuers including a gruesome dog on Saturday, and sent more forces on Sunday, as a preventive measure. Rescuers photographed tents in open fields.
The inhabitants of the island were advised to avoid large -air events and move to the islands shown on the rocks. All four islands have a very slope slope, and in the state of Santorini, a large part of the main city was built on a slope.
Experts said it was impossible to predict whether seismic activity could lead to stronger trembling, but added that the region could produce an earthquake 6 size.
Moderate earthquakes have also been recorded in Varkanu Caldira in Santorini, which has mostly below the sea, since September. Experts say that the strongest achieved 3.8 on January 25. Since then, seismic activity has subsided inside the volcano.
The Santorini volcano erupted in about 1600 BC, the island, buried a town, caused huge earthquakes and floods that affected Crete and the extent of Egypt. Experts estimate that up to 41.3 cubic kilometers (9.8 cubic miles) of rocks and 9 meters (29 feet) tsunami.
In the nineties, Santorini volcano was appointed one of 16 volcanoes around the world that need to be monitored due to the previous massive explosions and near dense population areas.
