At least five more noticeable earthquakes were recorded during the night in the sea area south of Amorgos and Santorini, the strongest of which measured 5 on the Richter scale, according to data released by the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The earthquakes, three measuring 4, one 4,1 and the strongest 5 on the Richter scale, were recorded in reverse chronological order at 05:47, 02:02, 00:51, 00:44 and 00:37, according to the same source. Their epicenter was located in the sea area between 16 and 18 kilometers south of Arkesini, Amorgos, always according to the institute's data. Except for the one that had a magnitude of 5 at 00:37, and is considered "strong", all were characterized as "weak".
It is recalled that yesterday, Monday, at 22:16, the strongest tremor of the seismic sequence so far occurred in the Cyclades region, measuring 5,2 on the Richter scale.
Karastathis: The phenomenon continues normally
Speaking to SKAI on Tuesday morning, the deputy director of the Geodynamic Institute, Vasilis Karastathis, said that "we do not consider that anything is changing as we consider that we have a series of earthquakes. The 5,3 is no different from the 5,2 we had a few days ago. I would not say that we should focus on the magnitude but as a phenomenon that continues normally.
According to him, the 5,3 Richter magnitude on Monday night "was within the range of the clusters we are monitoring," adding that "the pace remained stable as we had 28 earthquakes per day above 4 Richter magnitude and now we have 13-14 earthquakes of this magnitude per day."
"So we are in the same situation, we have no decrease, we have stabilization, we are cautious in saying that seismicity has decreased, we hope that we will have a further decrease. There is always the risk of a larger earthquake," concluded Vasilis Karastathis.
Tselentis: We still have a long way to go.
For his part, seismologist Akis Tselentis, in a Facebook post on Tuesday morning, assessed that "regardless of any decrease in seismicity, continue to be careful. We have a long way to go."
"In special cases like this one, we cannot rest easy by adopting classical seismological models," added Mr. Tselentis.
Akis Tselentis' entire post about the earthquakes in Santorini
GOOD MORNING
Unfortunately, with the recent seismic activity in Santorini, instead of speaking truths, we are spitting silences. This narrative about the supposed seismic recession and that we are doing better, which is being spoken by politicians, may suit tourist interests, but human lives are far above any profit.
Measurements made at the Geodynamic Institute show that the seismic energy that has been released so far in the form of small earthquakes is approaching the seismic energy of a six-magnitude earthquake.
In my opinion, considering the evolution of the sequence so far, this means nothing. I remind you that according to what I wrote in my recent post, a 7R earthquake has 32,977 more energy than a 4R earthquake!
I am NOT writing this to say that we are expecting a magnitude seven earthquake, but to show that in special cases like this one, we cannot rest easy by adopting classical seismological models.
I am attaching two diagrams showing the seismicity so far.
==>SO REGARDLESS OF WHAT REDUCTION IN SEISMICITY YOU UNDERSTAND (you saw what happened in the last few days) CONTINUE TO BE CAREFUL. WE HAVE A LONG WAY AHEAD.
The diagrams provided by Akis Tselentis
Gerasimos Papadopoulos: The small crack of optimism has closed
In a post, seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos, after the 5,3 Richter earthquake that occurred on Monday night between Santorini and Amorgos, stated that, "another strong earthquake in Santorini 5,3 from the Geodynamics or 5,2 from the Euro Mediterranean Center. It closed the small crack of optimism."
The well-known seismologist changed the statements he had made earlier on Monday in which he declared himself slightly optimistic with reservations and spoke of a glimmer of optimism.
Source: protothema.gr
