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The inhabitants of Thessaly, especially Elassona, spent a night of agony due to the continuous aftershocks.
Scientists are expected to be ready Monday for the magnitude 5.9 earthquake that struck Thursday night in Elassona, just hours after the initial magnitude 6.3 earthquake. The Research Director of the Geodynamic Institute, Gerasimos Chouliaras, speaking this morning at ANT1, stressed that the strong earthquake surprised seismologists, but estimated that the possibility of another fault activating is minimal.
At the same time, scientists are talking about significant subsidence of the soil, which even reaches 40 cm. Using the images captured by the Sentinel 1 satellite during its orbit around Earth, they found a significant territorial deformation. As stated by the Research Director of the Athanasios Ghanas Geodynamic Institute in the newspaper “NEA” “the maximum subsidence value, which reaches 40 cm, is observed in the mountainous area west of the village of Damasi and north of the village of Zarko “.
The restoration plan
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Today, however, the planning of the Local Government and the Ministry of Infrastructure continues for the gradual restoration of the problems faced by the Larissa areas, which were affected by the strong seismic vibrations of the previous days. In particular, the plan focuses on addressing and improving the temporary housing of residents living in tents in recent days, as their homes were severely damaged by the earthquake and deemed unsuitable.
As the governor of Thessaly Costas Agorastos explained to APE-MPE, today the first number of 40 caravans are expected to arrive in the Elassona – Tyrnavos areas of the Ministry of Infrastructure, in order to improve the relocation of several people living in tents after 6 strong, 3 points on Wednesday’s Richter scale. This process will continue in the next few hours, where the gradual arrival of new caravans is expected, as well as larger cabins that will be installed where necessary in collaboration with the municipalities.
Mr. Agorastos pointed out that in the affected areas, residents continue to be supplied with basic needs, especially for people who cannot return to their homes. Specifically, at specially designed points in Damasi of the Tyrnavos municipality and elsewhere, where tents for the victims have so far been set up, the supply of blankets, sleeping bags, drinking water and food continues, while the process of electrification to ensure the possibility of operating radiators to protect residents from the cold.
Controls and autopsies
According to information from the Ministry of Infrastructure, as of yesterday, Friday, March 5, autopsies have been carried out in 841 homes, of which 520 have been considered uninhabitable. Likewise, 22 professional premises have been inspected, of which 12 are inadequate.
It is worth noting that reports continue to the municipality of Larissa by neighbors and the city of Larissa, for the appearance of cracks in the houses, while the engineering stairs continue inspections. As for the problems in the water supply network in the city of Larissa, where intense turbidity was found in the water, after strong seismic vibrations, according to DEYAL, damage to the water supply network has been restored.
At the same time, however, the municipal utility’s announcement notes that due to the large size of the water supply network and limited use of problematic boreholes, consumers are advised to limit consumption for all uses to amounts absolutely necessary, in order to gradually normalize the operation of the network.
Emergency zones
The Municipality of Tyrnavos and the Municipal Unit of Potamia of the Municipality of Elassona of the Regional Unit of Larissa were declared in a State of Emergency of Civil Protection, as well as the Municipality of Farkadona of the Regional Unit of Trikala of the Region of Thessaly to attend emergencies due to strong seismic vibration occurred on 03-03-2021 in the aforementioned areas.
In addition, since Wednesday morning, immediately after the occurrence of the first earthquake in Thessaly, Deputy Minister of Health Zoe Rapti contacted the administration of the Larissa General Hospital and the Thessalian Society for Mental Health, Care and Rehabilitation and Instruction for psychological support groups. of the population. In this context, in the tent of the camp for the victims of the earthquake in the Damasi area, there is a psychological support station, consisting of two psychologists and a psychiatrist. The station, under the coordination of THPSYPA General Manager Giannis Papageorgiou, cooperates with Civil Protection, as well as with the Municipality of Tyrnavos and the Region of Thessaly.
In addition, in collaboration with the Commander of the General Hospital of Larissa, Grigorios Vlachakis, a team of Hospital Mental Health professionals is in Mesochori as of this morning, in order to provide their services to citizens who are still being evaluated. by strong earthquakes. The psychological support stations will remain in the area affected by the earthquake for as long as necessary.
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