[Intime News]
Seismologists are carefully analyzing the earthquake sequence close to Mount Athos following Saturday’s 5.3-magnitude tremor, the strongest recorded within the space thus far.
“It is a unusual phenomenon that began 14 months in the past,” stated Efthymios Lekkas, head of Greece’s Group of Anti-Seismic Planning and Safety (OASP), in a televised interview Sunday. “We hope this was the primary quake, however we will’t say for sure. It’s a sequence with many ups and downs.”
Lekkas famous that the fault lies offshore and can’t be exactly positioned. “What’s constructive is that the epicenters are clustered in a decent space, so there’s no signal of unfold to close by zones,” he stated, including that the fault may doubtlessly produce quakes as much as 5.7 magnitude.
Athanasios Ganas of the Geodynamic Institute advised Kathimerini the exercise is concentrated alongside a northwest-southeast undersea fault and consists of no less than seven tremors above magnitude 4 within the final ten months.
A authorities seismic danger committee convened after Saturday’s quake, urging warning in older monastic buildings and steep terrain. Whereas no wider fault activation has been detected, officers will proceed monitoring the area carefully.
