“From the Greek bow at some point there will be a major earthquake and probably underwater,” said Professor Costas Synolakis.
About the powerful 7.7 Richter earthquake that shocked Myanmar, causing destruction even in Bangkok, Thailand, he spoke to the first program 91.6 and 105.8 by Kostas Synolakis, a professor of natural disaster management at the Technical University of Crete.
“I am afraid that the dead will be close to 50,000, perhaps more,” Mr Synolakis initially said of the situation in Myanmar and Thailand.
While he added, among other things, “was unfortunately a prescribed tragedy. That is, this rift has given many earthquakes even in the 20th century. We do not talk about something that was unknown, it has not given earthquakes for 300 or 400 years. Earthquake 6 to 7 will be a given.
As for the death toll now, it’s too early, but I have no doubt that we will far exceed 10,000. We will definitely get close to 50,000 and maybe more and we probably never know how many are the dead (…). But I wish these fears would not be verified. “
Asked, whether a corresponding earthquake in this size could happen in Greece, the Professor of Natural Disaster Management, gave his view as follows “as I have said in the past, we have a very large seismic zone close to us, the one for the Greek bow, Ionian Islands.
And in the Greek bow, we know that there have been an earthquake over 8 Richter (…) in the past. So from the Greek bow at some point there will be a major earthquake. There is, of course, the rift of Northern Anatolia, which passes under Constantinople and comes to Greece. At best, these earthquakes, very large earthquakes in Greece, will be underwater. And I remind you that we had the earthquake of Amorgos in 1956, which was 7.5 to 7.7 again because of that time (…). An earthquake over 8 is expected to take place in the Greek bow every 600 or 800 years (…). So an earthquake of this size may occur, 8 Richter. Of course it can be done. Unfortunately, this is the geophysical reality. “
In recession the earthquake in Santorini and Amorgos
On seismic activity in Santorini and Amorgos, Mr. Synolakis noted: “The question is whether it was volcanic or not. And it seems that everyone now agrees that the seismic sequence, the earthquake, what we saw, was volcanic, and it was just because it was in the present. We are preparing because it is certain that at some point it will start again.
Source: thetoc.gr