Gerasimos Papadopoulos for earthquakes in Santorini: ‘Follow-up having the characteristics of the approaches’

The last 24 hours have caused the intense concern of seismologists and the inhabitants of the islands in the Cyclades. The fact that the earthquakes in Santorini have been continuous for several days and especially in the last two 24 hours have set the state apparatus on alert while . DESTIGATION Firefighting, Armed Forces and are in a state of readiness while at the same time its mayors have announced the places where there will be a population concentration in case there is a need. About the earthquakes in Santorini, the seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos spoke about the earthquake sequence while recalling that he had been paying attention for months before the big earthquake of 6 Richter in Arkalochori. CORVERSE Gerasimos Papadopoulos referred to saying that “he made 4.5 Richter and then another 4.7 Richter that is the biggest earthquake so far that he has done in the last week. This issue is not a matter of hours to end, but of days. Suppose that if after the 4.7 Richter it doesn’t make any bigger but the sequence of earthquakes will continue we cannot immediately conclude why we have to spend a few days to see the behavior.” As he explained, “it can temporarily stop and after five days for example to give us 5.5’Richter… it is complicated because earthquakes do not have any specific patterns of behavior and that is why we go step by step.” ‘Not connected to the volcano’ The seismologist made it clear that “in no case is the volcano connected to earthquakes because the epicenter from 4 pitchers and above is far from volcanoes, it is to the northeast, towards Amorgos. The focus is not constantly the same but covers an area of about 25 kilometers all together the epicenters.” “Worried is now official” He then stressed that “all possibilities are open, we cannot at the moment determine what will happen. Concern is now official because the state itself says we are concerned. Political and operational concern is, of course, based on scientific data. It is a seismic sequence which has the characteristics of the approaches.” When we last saw approaches “Attenuation means that the sizes are always rising and the crowd is increasing, these characteristics are all week long by seismic activity,” Gerasimos Papadopoulos said and noted with meaning: “The last time we saw landings in Greece was for 4 months before the Arkalochori earthquake in 2021 where it constantly moved and ended with an earthquake of 6 Richter. But that doesn’t mean it will happen again…. that’s why we said that there are no specific patterns of behavior. We run behind phenomena, we are not ahead of phenomena.”