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The night is difficult for the inhabitants of Thessaly, who in the last hours are experiencing the agony of a great earthquake. Dozens of houses have been seriously damaged and many are uninhabited.
Hundreds of people in Elassona, Damasi, Koutsochero and dozens of other areas prepared early to spend the night either in tents shared by Civil Protection or some of their relatives.
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Hotels and tents
The Thessaly Region has rented three hotels in Trikala and two in Larissa for residents who cannot stay overnight at home. Previously, Civil Protection transported 100 tents, 10 generators, 2000 blankets, 200 sleeping bags, 500 beds and other equipment to the area, while 150 tents have already been assigned by the Thessaly Region and 32 by the Armed Forces, for the storm. accommodation of earthquake victims.
Dozens of tents were also sent to the Larissa Home for the Elderly, where from the first moment, for security reasons, all the Foundation’s inmates have gone out onto the patio.
At the same time, the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport has already dispatched multi-member engineering teams to villages affected by the earthquake to check infrastructure in both buildings and on roads and bridges.
At the time of the earthquake, which had a magnitude of 6.2 on the Richter scale, firefighters received 80 calls and rescuers rescued six people from homes that had been severely damaged or partially collapsed. There were a total of fifty cases of surgeries related to the transport of elderly and patients, which were carried out in collaboration with EKAB, as well as in elevators from elevators in the city of Larissa.
Damage to at least 30 houses
At least 30 houses were severely damaged in Mesochori while bridges were closed, such as the one connecting the provincial highway to Elassona with Damasi, a village where several houses completely collapsed, while public buildings have also been severely damaged. Part of the primary school in the area has collapsed.
The composure of the teachers
The composure of the teachers played an important role in the Damasi Primary School, as they managed to get out on time and safely the 63 children who were attending their classes at that time, a fact that was congratulated by the Prime Minister.
The magnitude of the earthquake in the Elassona area is roughly on the verge of earthquakes that occur in this area, said Manolis Skordilis, professor of seismology at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
A rift with the past
“The crack in the area has led to earthquakes in the past. The most recent is from the 18th century. It was in 1781, with a magnitude of 6.2 Richter. The earthquake that occurred today is roughly at the edge of earthquakes that the region ”, said the professor of Seismology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
“In all likelihood this is the main earthquake,” Mr. Skordilis noted, noting that “there were several aftershocks of fairly large magnitudes, which is logical.”
For his part, Costas Papazachos, professor of Seismology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, advised calm and patience, speaking to the main MEGA and Rania Jima news bulletin after the earthquake, with a focus on Elassona.
“Today’s earthquake has exhausted the seismic potential of the fault.” It is very unlikely that we will have the genesis of another earthquake in the same fault, I consider it completely impossible, “Papazahos said when asked if the earthquake that shook the country was the main one.
Many aftershocks
As he pointed out, earthquakes of the order of 5 degrees have been observed. “There are many aftershocks on the Richter scale four, generally the sequence will have about fifty earthquakes in four in the next three months, 50% for tomorrow night and 75% for next week,” he said.
Mr. Papazahos warned caution in any home that has any suspicion of damage, cracks or flaws should not in any case be inhabited before being reviewed by the competent engineering teams that go to the area and that will ensure the suitability and that due to a earthquake in a building hit by an earthquake caused a partial and complete collapse.
Far from the houses
“In the area of Damasi, Tyrnavos, Ampelona and the surrounding towns, any use of a house and other space in a public meeting place and the rest, which has any color of wealth, should be avoided. I understand that difficult nights can be Think how unlikely it would be to mourn the victims not of the main earthquake but of the aftershocks. “So we have to be a little patient until someone checks our house,” he explained.
The director of the Institute of Geodynamics, Akis Tselentis, spoke to MEGA about the strong earthquake in Thessaly, which shook the whole of Greece.
The 6 Richter earthquake in a mountainous area of Tyrnavos, 20 kilometers from Larissa and Elassona, shook the citizens of Thessaly and was felt in the middle of Greece, fortunately without victims.
“Strong earthquakes are expected”
The director of the Institute of Geodynamics, Akis Tselentis, recommended caution. He even said that schools should be closed and people should not enter damaged houses.
The earthquake took place on a known fault in Tyrnavos, which had apparently exhausted its seismic potential as it could not give more than 6.1 Richter. We have an expected post-earthquake sequence, because it had a small focal depth of about 8 km. “This sequence is expected to be very strong and for several weeks or maybe two or three months,” he said.
“It has given great events, an earthquake of the order of 5 many 4.8. That is why people should be careful, be very cautious, schools should not be open tomorrow. “People should not go to their homes if they have been damaged and if they have not been checked by engineers,” he added.
“The other thing I want to say is that a month and a half ago we were seeing a small seismic action in this fault of less than 3. Of course, it did not bother us because in many faults in Greece we have such phenomena,” he stressed.
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