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“Today around 9pm in the morning in Crete there was an earthquake measuring 5.8 on the Richtel scale. Our hotel near the city of Heraklion broke the wall. Many houses were destroyed in the city near us, one person he died, ”said Aleksandras, who is currently on vacation on the island.
According to Alexander, everything in the hotel was shaking, it took about five seconds.
“Many people rushed to run away. He spilled half a cup of tea on the table.
The hotel management told everyone to get out. We stayed outside for about half an hour until the condition of the building was assessed. They advised us to stay outside and told us that the beatings could happen again. It was repeated again during lunch, but not as strongly, ”said Aleksandras.
However, he said he is not in a good mood and does not intend to end the holiday. Especially since the earthquake did not have serious consequences for his hotel.
“We are not very worried, because we lived it 2 years ago. Until nobody collapsed, we lay by the pool.
I guess there may be about a thousand Lithuanians in Crete. Because whole planes fly, ”thought Alexander.
A man working in a collapsed church was killed and 20 others injured in a severe earthquake in the Greek city of Arkalochori early Monday on the Greek island of Crete.
The National Observatory of Athens reported that the magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred at 6 pm 17 min. Greenwich Mean Time (9:17 am Lithuanian), and its epicenter was 23 km from Heraklion, the largest capital of the Greek island.
“The earthquake was strong and long-lasting,” Heraklion mayor Vassilis Lambrinos told Antenna private television.
During the earthquake, terrified residents stormed the streets, damaged old buildings and evacuated schools.
Reuters / Scanpix photo / Earthquake in Crete
The region was rocked by repeated blows, which witnesses described as reminiscent of weak explosions. They caused additional damage to settlements near the epicenter.
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