Due to the seismic mobility in the Greek islands in the Aegean, Greece will build a special harbor for the use of ships on Santorini Island in emergencies. The main ferry port on the skirt of a steep slope on the island was determined as a weak ring.
Greek Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Vasilis Kikilias announced that an evacuation port will be established to facilitate people to escape safely in case of a larger earthquake in Santorini of Tourism Island. Santorini, a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea, has been shaken by tens of thousands of light earthquakes since the end of January. Thousands of people fled the island and the authorities banned construction activities.
Unprecedented seismic activity was not reported, but scientists said that seismic activity was not even similar to an earthquake -prone country like Greece. According to Reuters, the main ferry port on the skirt of a steep slope and some regions in Santorini were identified as weak rings.
“Escape Port is Establishing” Kikilias, until a new port infrastructure was established Greece’s passenger ferries will be built for a safe approval of a evacuation harbor, “the new port is being prepared, the decision to establish a escape harbor in emergencies.” he said.
Santorini Island in Santorini, after one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, BC. Around 1600, it took its current shape. Seismologists say that the last seismic activity, the result of moving tectonic plates and magma, pushes the underground layers of the island upwards. Kikilias, Santorini Island on the ground rise and floor shift is also followed by experts stressed.
