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A man rescues a television from dilapidated buildings in Greece. PHOTO: Reuters
Greece does not stop swaying, declared a 6-month state of emergency
Bucharest is the capital of the EU with the highest seismic danger, announced Mayor Nikushor Dan. He spoke on the 44th anniversary of the devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake in 1977, which killed nearly 1,600 people, Agence France-Presse writes. The earthquake later claimed more than 130 lives in Svishtov.
“Bucharest is the capital most affected by earthquakes in the EU and is among the top ten cities in the world. We did not realize this problem for years after 1990,” said the mayor, who won local elections in August. 2020. Dan recalled that the activities to strengthen buildings in the Romanian capital, for which homeowners associations signed agreements before 15 years. they haven’t happened yet. And the evaluation of the buildings in terms of seismic risk is not complete.
“The probability of
scale earthquake
from 1977
is very large
– the director general of the National Institute of Geophysics, Constantin Ionescu, told Gundul. “There are about three major earthquakes in a century in Romania.” Ionescu recalls that the other two strong earthquakes of the 20th century were in 1940 and 1986. He pointed out that there are many old buildings in Bucharest with a high seismic risk, so action should be taken as soon as possible.
Meanwhile, Greece has been on the move since Wednesday’s 6.3 magnitude earthquake near the city of Larissa. An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook the country on Thursday night and was felt in the upper floors of Kardzhali, Plovdiv and Sofia. He is the strongest of
more than 100
replicas,
shook the country. The disaster damaged more than 100 buildings, including schools and hospitals, but left no casualties. Eleven people were injured and people fled in a panic to seek shelter in the open, including in Athens. A man was buried under the rubble of his home, but was quickly rescued alive.
The earthquake found 60 service children at a school in the town of Mesohora, but they were removed shortly before it collapsed, AFP reported. Many are afraid to go home and are staying in various Larissa hotels and in tents.
A state of emergency has been declared in several municipalities in central Greece, the hardest hit by the earthquake, Sky TV reported. It covers the municipalities of Tirnavos, Elasona in the Larissa district and Farkadona in the Trikala district. The state of emergency will remain in effect until September 3.
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