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After the earthquake, thousands of Santorini shook the Greek island.

MONews
4 Min Read
Nikos Papanikolaou

BBC News

ESME Stallard

Climate and science journalists

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Authorities warned people to leave the old port of Fira, a popular tourist area.

Thousands of residents fled Santorini after the earthquake was recorded near Greece for four consecutive days.

According to the civil servants, more than 11,000 people left Santorini, about 7,000 people left for the ferry and 4,000 left.

Hundreds of earthquakes shook the island, the strongest of which were five progress on Tuesday.

There have not been much damage to the island so far, but officials are taking preventive measures.

The authorities closed the school and warned of large indoor meetings, but Prime Minister Kiri Acoskos Mitsuttaki urged calm.

EFTHYMIS LEKKAS, head of the earthquake plan and protection organization, told ERT, a Greek national broadcaster, that he cannot rule out more than six earthquakes.

In addition to fire department helicopters and air rescuers, 51 firefighters and nine vehicles were brought to the island as an additional measure.

Due to Cyclades’s earthquake activities, the staff were sent to Amorgos, iOS, Astinepalaia and Anafi.

“We haven’t seen something similar to earthquakes similar to this scale of earthquakes in our country. On the contrary, we see an increase in frequency and size. ”

KARASTATHIS speaks on Wednesday morning ERT radio and said, “We are developing in a way we are related to us. We can’t reassure people. ”

Santorini’s schools have been closed by Friday and have suspended Ammoudi, Armeni, Korfos Thirassias and old Fira ports. The authorities on the neighboring islands of Mikonos, Leros, Siros and Farmos also closed the school until Friday.

Aegean Airlines said that nine emergency flights were added to the schedule at the request of the government.

People were asked to avoid approaching abandoned buildings and to choose a safe path in the Landslip Are Ontron and the empty swimming pool.

Santorini welcomes millions of tourists every year, but now the season is low. The majority of local residents and workers are evacuated.

Kostas Sakavaras, a tour guide in Santorini for 18 years, left the island with his wife and children on Monday.

“We thought it was a better choice to come to the mainland for preventive measures,” the BBC News said.

“Nothing has fallen or nothing is similar,” he added. Sakavaras, who plans to return home when the school opens again, said, “This is the scariest part.

On Tuesday morning, representatives of the government, military and emergency services met to discuss the situation. The prime minister will have a similar meeting on Wednesday.

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When the residents left for the mainland, a big queue was formed at the early port of Tuesday.

Santorini is known as the Greek Volcanic ARC, a chain of the island created by volcanoes, but the last major eruption was in the 1950s.

The Greek authorities said that recent tremors are not volcanic activity, but tectonic movements.

Scientists cannot predict the exact timing, size or position of the earthquake.

But in the world, there are areas that are likely to help the government to prepare.

Earthquakes are the result of the movement of the crust in the perception.

Sometimes this plate is fixed with each other when we meet, which is called a plate boundary or a defect line.

Santorini and Greek islands are close to such a line.

As the plate moves in the other direction over a long time, the energy is accumulated by the friction.

Energy is released, resulting in shock waves and earthquakes.

Santorini, Anafi, AnyDros, Amorgos and iOS show an island of the sea.

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