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Out of their houses and counting them wounds its inhabitants spent them on Friday night Samos after the murder earthquake from 6.7 on the Richter scale.
Along with the shock of the intense earthquake, the mourning for the loss of the two children and the anguish for the injured, there is also concern since the phenomenon has not stopped.
It is typical that almostν 60 replicas They have been recorded on Samos after the deadly 6.7 Richter vibration according to the Geodynamic Institute.
The largest aftershock was the magnitude 4.7 pointsThe Richter scale and occurred this morning at sea 9 km northwest of Samos, or 271 km east of Athens, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The vibration, described as “patient” by the Institute, was recorded at 07:31 by seismologists.
At 03:40, a magnitude 4.1 earthquake was recorded 31 km west-northwest of Samos, or 245 km east of Athens.
The deadly – as it turned out – 6.7 Richter earthquake struck the undersea area 19 kilometers northwest of Samos and was felt in half of Greece. It was shallow with a focal depth of 10 km, while the strongest of the aftershocks that followed had a magnitude 5 Richter, a focal depth of 15 km, in the sea area 9 km northeast of Samos.
Critical for the evolution of the phenomenon is the next 48 hours according to the scientists who are monitoring it.
Mourning for the two students
Most islanders spend the night outside their homes and away from areas that have been deemed dangerous, as there are many old buildings that have been damaged and may collapse in a strong earthquake.
“It had a very small focal depth of 10 kilometers and this worries me because we will definitely have a very rich aftershock sequence with very large aftershocks,” said Akis Tselentis, director of the Geodynamic Institute of Athens.
Except for the two oldest dead sons 15 and 17 years A 14-year-old boy who was injured was rushed from Samos to “Aglaia Kyriakou” hospital, while an injured woman was airlifted. A total of 9 people are injured, all of them with orthopedic injuries in their attempt to leave their homes at the time of the earthquake.
Hardalias: The “Egelados” plan is being implemented
On Friday night, meetings were held after the meetings to assess the damage and the actions that the ranks of Civil Protection, the Ministry of Infrastructure, but also local organizations will undertake today.
Nikos Hardalias de Vathi highlighted that the General Plan “Egelados” and the “Special Plans” are being implemented, where with the first light of day the process of registering the total damages began, while tents were installed in Vathi since the afternoon in order to host them. they could not stay in their homes or were afraid to return to them.
45 engineers from the Ministry of Infrastructure were expected on the island, with the mechanism of the Ministry of the Interior starting to record the damage. Due to the intense activity after the earthquake, Hardalias stressed that everyone should remain on alert. EKAM staff have been in the area since yesterday, as well as EKAB executives to offer their services.
In Turkey, the latest report from the Disaster Management Agency (AFAD) this morning put the death toll at 24, with more than 800 injured and a widespread disaster in the Izmir region. Rescue teams continue to operate in the remains of an apartment building in Bairakli, where they are trapped.