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The earthquake in Samos keeps residents upset all night, as there are constant earthquakes.
After the 6.7 Richter scale that occurred at noon, the aftershocks have not stopped, and the Geodynamic Institute of Athens recorded about 60 after the main earthquake. Many of the island’s inhabitants have left their homes and live in tents set up by Civil Protection with the Ministry of Infrastructure, or in their cars, as the earth continues to shake all night.
In addition, seismologists highlighted yesterday after the main earthquake, that intense seismic activity is expected for a few weeks in the area.
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“It had a very small focal depth of 10 kilometers and this concerns me because we will definitely have a very rich seismic sequence with very large aftershocks,” said Akis Tselentis, director of the Geodynamic Institute of Athens.
Most of the nearly 60 aftershocks recorded are over 3 Richter. The largest was recorded at 01:53 and 03:40 as both were on the order of 4.2 Richter. Another was recorded at 4.1 Richter, while in the vast majority, the remaining aftershocks are 3 to 3.9 Richter.
The island has been severely damaged and a mini-tsunami has caused even more problems, forcing residents to flee areas near the sea. At the same time, it cost the lives of two small children who were crushed by a wall of an old house in a narrow street, while 19 were injured, two of them seriously: a 63-year-old woman and a 14-year-old boy. who was visited by V. Kikilias late at night. at the Children’s Hospital, where he was rushed.
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