A pair of quakes northeast of Athens over the past 24 hours – in northern Evia Island and across from the south-central mainland – raised concerns over risks to the wider region of the Greek capital, with the ubiquitous reports quoting local seismologists coming in their wake.
Twin quakes, 4.1 and 4.4 o the Richter scale, which qualify as “light”, were felt in the south-central part of the country, and even in some north Athens districts. Both were pinpointed near the north Evia coastal town of Mantoudi, at 12 and 13 kilometers in depth, respectively.
Cracks were the only damage reported on a few dozen residences, shops and a local museum.
In later statements, the head of the Athens Observatory’s Geodynamic Institute, Prof. Vassilis Karastathis told the state broadcaster that the specific tremors occurred in the same region where in November 2023 a moderate quake of 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded.
The Geodynamic Institute is Greece’s foremost seismological research center and observatory.
The latest earthquakes came from this a part of this region, which was still “uninterrupted”, as he described it. He also clarified that these tremors were not aftershocks.
On his part, seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos took to FB to convey his assessment of the twin quakes as a “local disruption”.
