Surrected optimism is expressed by scientists who observe the phenomenon with seismic sequences that for ten days is suffering from its inhabitants Santorini and the surrounding islands. According to what they say, there is a stabilization of the frequency of vibrations and a gradual recession of their intensity, while the scenario of the enceladus hit over 6 Richter appears to be removed.

Dozens of earthquakes were also recorded this night in the area of ​​Anhydros, between Santorini and Amorgos, of which many exceeded 3 Richters, but their size and frequency, according to scientists, were not at the level of the previous days. The largest earthquakes took place at 03:35 in the early morning, 23.5 km NE from the Santorini Imerovigli and at 11:02 26 km ABA of the same size of 4.1 Richter respectively.

“We see a gradual decline in rhythms – we are not thrilled, we keep it in the positive way.”

The Director of the Geodynamic Institute, Vassilis Karastathis, told ERTNEWS: “For example in the first two days we might have over 135 – 140 earthquakes above 3 and over 4, 28 – 26 earthquakes, in one day. Now we are talking about much smaller numbers, that is, 68 earthquakes over 3 yesterday, earthquakes above 4 have the same decrease. We are not thrilled, we keep it in the positive way and continue. “

Despite a decrease in earthquakes in the last two days, experts point out that this does not necessarily mean a reduction in their average size.

“The possibility of 6 Richter has not been blocked but has been removed”

“Again we will have earthquakes, 4.9 4.7 4.6 We do not discuss that the sizes will be gradually reduced. What we are interested in is frequency. The possibility of 6 Richter has not been ruled out, gradually removed. ” The Director of Research of the Geodynamic Institute, Athanasios Ganas, speaking to ERTnews, stressed: “The seismic sizes of earthquakes continues that will not exceed 5.1 – 5.2 Richter. We observe small stabilization trends. We will not continue with these rhythms. The pace will change. “

Meanwhile, the seismic risk and monitoring committees of the Greek volcanic arc, decided yesterday the schools to remain closed until Friday 14/2 in Thira, Ios, Anafi and Amorgos.

The president of OASP spoke to Ertnews about the durability of buildings on the pressures they have received from successive earthquakes. “The buildings have not been affected, except for some old ruined buildings, and this was shown by the first autopsies, the buildings are not burdened with such vibrations. There is no impact on the structured tissue at present, “said Efthimios Lekkas.

For their part, tourists seem to hold a standby stop. There has been no cancellation of Easter, not even for the summer according to the President of the Panhellenic Association of Real Estate Managers, Andreas Chios who, speaking on the “Weekend from 5” show, stressed that only tourists who were now on the island. At least in Airbnb they do not record cancellations.

The same climate was conveyed by Santorini Hoteliers President Antonis Pagonis, where he noted that “the image presented in bookings now is the same thing that existed in the previous days” but there are some questions on a personal level by foreign affiliates about the situation. Regarding the departures, he noted that tourists have not left, there have just been some minor changes on the dates for the months of February – March.