On Wednesday, hundreds of more people were expected to leave the island of Santorini in Greece as the shock shook the popular summer tourist destination for the sixth day.
In recent times, around 6,000 people have survived on ghats and aircraft, as hundreds of small quakes were registered in the surrounding sea, shaking buildings, kicked dust on the island’s rocky rocks, and raised the possibility of a major earthquake.
The population of the island swells in summer when millions of tourists visit the traditional white-painted villa which line its steep hills. In the 2021 census, Centorini has a permanent population of 15,000, so there is several thousand possibilities on the island, given that it is an off-season.
Officials have introduced security measures, in which stopping construction, closing schools on Centorini and closing the islands near iOS, emerogos and Anafi and emptying your pool to reduce the burden on the residents and hotels. Has been ordered to do.
Three boat routes from the port of Pirius to Santorini and on the contrary were canceled due to some sea on Wednesday. In bad weather, there was no expectation to disrupt six Azian Airlines flights, including two emergency, which are scheduled for Wednesday.
The ceasemologist estimates that it may take day or week to eliminate high seismic activity, although local and government officials said the shaking had decreased on Wednesday.
“It has not been shaken much today, I have not felt anything since 0400 (0200gmt),” said Nikos Sakorafos, owner of a travel agency in the popular tourist village of Fira.
“Now, this is a dead season for the island, most people do not have work so it is easy for them to leave.”
The government is scheduled to organize a briefing on the situation later on Wednesday.
Greece is one of the most earthquake-affected countries in Europe as it sits on the border of African and Eurasian tectonic plates, which indicates continuous earthquakes.
Santorini took its current shape around 1600 BCE, one of the largest volcanic explosions in history. The final explosion in the region occurred in 1950.
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