Athens – Hundreds more people were expected to leave Greece’s Centurian island on Wednesday as the earthquake shook the famous tourist destination of the sixth day.
In recent days, about 10,000 10,000 people have moved on ferries and planes as hundreds of small earthquakes were registered in the surrounding sea, shaking buildings, kicking dust on the island’s rocky rocks, and a large earthquake There was a fear.
The population of the island spreads over summer when millions of tourists visit traditional white paint villages that lead to its steep hills. In the 2021 census, the permanent population of Santorani has been put to 15,000, so it is likely that a few thousand remaining on the island, it is far from the season.
Authorities have introduced safety measures, stopping construction construction, closing schools on IOS, Amorgos and Anafi on Centaurini and nearby islands, and vacant their ponds to reduce the load to residents and hotels. Includes ordering.
To assess the situation on Wednesday by government officials and earthquakes that he met on Wednesday, the situation was reviewed near the island’s central port Athanius to assess the situation, which about 1.5 million in a year Serves passengers.
Local authorities have banned access to some of the high -risk areas, while in the emergency the first respondents, ships and helicopters were alerts.
“The entire state mechanism has been activated on Wednesday,” Greek Prime Minister Karekos Matsotakis said on Wednesday … so that we are ready to read any possibility that matters will improve and this trend will decrease. “”
Santorine from the port of Perius, and on the contrary, two ferry routes were canceled on Wednesday due to the rough seas. The bad weather was not expected to interfere with six Aegean Airlines flights, including two emergencies, which are scheduled on Wednesday.
Earthquake experts estimate that high earthquake activity may decrease in days or weeks, though locals and government officials said the shaking on Wednesday has decreased.
“Today it has not shook much today, I have noticed anything since 0400 (0200GMT),” said Nicos Sakurafos, owner of a travel agency in Fira’s famous tourist village.
“Now, it’s a dead season for the island, most people don’t have to work so it is easy for them to go.”
Greece is one of the most earthquake -hit countries in Europe as it is sitting on the boundaries of African and Eurasian tectonic plates, with a permanent interaction often indicates the earthquake.
Santorani took its present shape after one of the largest volcanoes in history, around 1600 BC. The last split in this area took place in 1950.
