Her and her awakened memories to those who lived the 7.5 Richter of 1956. Amorgian priest Thomas Synodinos is one of those who remember the devastating blow of Enceladus 69 years ago. Earthquakes in the marine area between Santorini and Amorgos are at the heart of the attention of scientists and government. CORVERSE As is perfectly natural, memories of the strong earthquake of 7.5 Richter in 1956 in Santorini, at 5 a.m., and the tsunami that followed. The seismic vibration, recorded as the most powerful vibration in the European space in the 20th century, mainly hit the island of Santorini, leaving behind 53 dead and over 100 injured, while causing a massive tidal wave of height up to 25 meters. According to experts, sea waves reached a height of 20 meters in Amorgos and 10 meters in Santorini and Astypalea. “We heard a terrible cry and then the earthquake came” The earliest Thomas Co-dinus from Amorgos, described on Tuesday (04.02.2025) on Live News the 1956 earthquake. “I lived him and I have very intense memories still at 75. I remember everything. From the night before, the dogs were screaming and I remember my late mother saying something bad is going to happen. 05:10 in the morning we heard a terrible cry and immediately after seconds came the earthquake.” As he said, the earthquake sowed terror to the inhabitants of Amorgos. Since the earthquake no homes were dropped, however damage and cracks were recorded. “In Amorgos we had no victims, Santorini had victims. I remember features when I went to Santorini in 1962, I saw a church with women in black. It was something terrible.”
Earthquake in Santorini in 1956: “They called the dogs at night and in the morning the evil happened”
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