Another earthquake of size 5 degrees The Richter scale occurred at 03:14 on Wednesday morning in the Cyclades.

According to the revised solution by the Geodynamic Institute, the epicenter of the earthquake was found 24 km. NNS of Amorgos. The focal depth was estimated at 12.5 km.

The earthquake was felt in Athens.

A multitude of “sick” seismic vibrations followed at the same point, with the stronger vibrations: 4.0 Degrees (at 01:35), 4.6 Degrees (at 02:14), 4.2 Degrees (4 minutes later, at 02:18), 4.0 Degrees (5 minutes later, at 02:23).

The scientific committee met

The committee’s decisions after the long meeting of scientists were announced by the professor Papazachosregarding the measures to be followed in the Cyclades islands affected by earthquakes in the maritime area between Santorini and Amorgos.

As the professor announced, the committee proposes:

1) Closed schools until Friday in Anafi, Ios, Amorgos and Santorini

2) No gatherings of many people in indoors

3) Not on routes dangerous for landslides and in particular, not in the use of the four Ports of the Caldera

4) Attention to dangerous objects inside the houses

5) The engineers’ controls in buildings have not shown something

6) New meeting of the Scientific Committee to reassess data on Saturday

Mr. Papazachos He made a statement after the end of the meeting of the two OASP two permanent scientific committees dealing with seismic hazardous and seismic risk reduction, as well as the issues of the Greek volcanic arc, with the main issue being the recent seismic exacerbation in the wider region. of Santorini.

As he said, this activity occurs in a southwest-northeast direction in the area of ​​Anhydros and in recent days has shown a slight shift to the Amorgos area, which is quite common since it has happened in the past few days to have activity along of the rich zone of Anhydros, but also regressions without it being special. “It is not alarming that residents in different islands feel earthquakes differently, since both the distance and the way earthquakes occur affects how much every person feels these seismic vibrations,” pointed out.

He also stressed that beyond this activity, the earthquake stimulation inside the caldera remains at the same level as in the announcement of the Ministry of Civil Protection at the end of January.

“Beyond these phenomena, the committees would like to point out to residents that they should keep with great care the measures announced by the Commission and I am referring to the main ones such as avoiding large rallies, the choice of safe routes against Their move to the islands, in particular the avoidance of areas with a severe landslide risk, especially for Santorini to avoid the use of the four ports of Caldera at which this risk is increased, and all other measures proposed by the Commission such as the reduction of the hazardous in the houses, not having blocked objects, etc. ‘, noted.

He also stressed that as it is known, Schools will remain closed on the four islands, namely in Santorini, Anafi, Ios and Amorgos Until Friday, while stressing that according to the updates they had by engineers in the Commission, all the public buildings that have been exhibited so far have had very good earthquake behavior.

More specifically the Commission’s announcement:

“According to the Commission’s findings, more than 1,100 earthquakes have recently occurred in the Anhydros region from February 1, with a maximum of 3 with a maximum of 5.3 and the earthquake activity continues at about the same levels.

There has been a slight shift in the seismic activity of the Edigers to Amorgos in recent days, but this is common, he said. “It is also not alarming that residents in the different islands feel the earthquakes differently, both the distance and the way earthquakes affect how much every person feels these seismic vibrations,” he added.

The earthquake stimulation inside the Caldera remains at the same level.

In addition to these phenomena, the committees would like to point out to residents that they must keep with great care the measures announced by the Commission, such as the avoidance of large gatherings, the choice of safe routes when moving to the islands, the Avoiding areas with a strong decisive risk. Especially for Santorini, the avoidance of the use of the four ports of the caldera, at which this risk is increased.

In the four islands, namely in Santorini, Anafi, Chios and Amorgos, schools will remain closed until Friday.

The set of public buildings that have been examined so far have exhibited very good seismic behavior.

The Commission will meet on Saturday to re -evaluate the new data and issue the finding. “