An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred in the area of Etoloakarnania with a focal depth of 18.4 kilometers.
Video captures the moment when the earthquake hits a supermarket in the center of Agrinio.
Significant damage has been recorded at a store of the local Super Market chain in the center of Agrinio on Dagli Street.
According to information from agriniopress.gr, from the 4.7 R earthquake that occurred at 6:29 p.m. on Saturday, parts of the store’s ceiling detached and fell to the ground.
At the same time, several goods fell to the ground due to the intensity and duration of the seismic vibration.
It is fortunate that there were no injuries.
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale was recorded in its area Aetoloacarnania.
According to the Geodynamic Institute, earthquake it was centered 5 kilometers southwest of Thermos, with a focal depth of 18.4 kilometers.
The earthquake was felt in many areas and in Patras.
According to him Mayor of Thermos, Spyros Konstandaras were there only rock and stone falls in the mountainous provincial network due to the earthquake. There are no reports of damage to homes at this time. There are people from the municipality who go to areas.
The earthquake is superficial and there will be post-seismic activity in the area of Trichonida according to the scientists. Smaller aftershocks have already occurred.
Akis Tselentis, PhD in Geophysics and director of the Geodynamic Institute, said: “We just had 4.7R 5km WNW of Thermos, 21km from Messolonghi. Due to a small focal depth, it became quite noticeable in Patras. We are watching it. It’s still too early for final assessments, although it doesn’t bother me, I still want to see the post-seismic sequence which should be enough due to the very small focal depth».
“Lake Trichonida is known for its seismicity, since in April 2007 we also had a sequence of earthquakes, with approximately the same magnitude as today’s tremor, which lasted for two to three months,” he told the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency. the professor of Geology of the University of Patras and director of the Seismology Laboratory, Efthymios Sokos, on the occasion of today’s earthquake.
As he added, “the earthquake was caused by a fault, which is north, northwest, on the eastern edge of the lake” and continued: “It has had some aftershocks, not many more, but we are waiting to see how it develops.”
Answering the question, if today’s earthquake is the main one, he told APE – MPE that, “given the sequence we had in 2007, where three or four earthquakes were recorded, with a magnitude close to 5 degrees on the Richter scale, it is a bit risky to do now estimates for the evolution of the phenomenon”.
Also, Efthymios Sokos stated that “there are other faults in the area, which are important and we do not know if they will be activated”, adding that “in 2007 they were not activated”.
“This specific fault, the north, northwest,” he continued, “must not have enough potential, given that since 2007 that had caused the earthquakes, a few years have passed, about 17, which is not a lot, whenever I estimate that we will not have any special development. I think our biggest concern is if another rift activates, but at the moment it doesn’t look like that.”
Source: Skai
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