Two powerful earthquakes of magnitude 4.3 and 5.7 occurred off Messinia on Friday morning.

The earthquakes were also felt in Attica.

The epicenter is 14 to 16 kilometers east of Strofades.

He spoke to Newsbomb.gr about the powerful earthquake Professor of Geology and Natural Disaster Management, Efthymios Lekkas.

According to him: “It was an underwater earthquake at a depth of 20 kilometers. It was noted far out to sea, next to Strofades, where we had minor effects.

There’s no problem, I think it’s seismic activity that won’t affect a larger area.”

He added: “It was felt in a large part of Greece and felt on the Greek Arch.

We can’t say yet if it was the biggest earthquake, but it’s a very good release of seismic activity and I think everything will be fine.”

Mayor of Kalamata: “We have experienced such a big earthquake since 1986”

To two powerful earthquakes of 4.3 and 5.7 on the Richter scale that took place on Friday morning off Messinia, the mayor of Kalamata, Thanasis Vassilopoulos, spoke to Newsbomb.gr.

More specifically, Mr Mayor of Kalamata he explained that “we haven’t experienced an earthquake this big since 1986”, but the tremor was not located near faults and will not affect the area.

Afterwards, the mayor said that they immediately notified the civil protection forces and the fire brigade, but luckily no damage was found in the area. He actually emphasized that Schools are open and continue to operate as normal.

Zakynthos: The island’s authorities are on alert – Minor damage to the castle monastery in Strofadia

Minor damage was done to the castle monastery in Strofadia by the strong earthquake that hit the area this morning.

According to sources from the holy metropolis of Zakynthos, the earthquake dislodged four stones from the ceiling and fell to the ground without causing further damage.

In the area there were craftsmen who work on the restoration of the monastery. After the earthquake, the workers were evacuated and they are all in good health.

On Zakynthos, there have so far been no reports of damage or injuries from the earthquake.

The students are in the school yards while Zakynthos Mayor Giorgos Stasinopoulos is currently meeting with Deputy Governor Konstantinos Kapodistrias on the issue.

Finally, fire department levels perform preventive checks.

Inspections are underway in Ilia by the fire department and engineers to determine if there are any problems from the earthquake

“Echelons of the fire department and engineers from the sub-district of Ilia have started checks to determine if there are any problems from the double earthquake,” the deputy governor of Ilia, Nikos Korovesis, told the Athens-Macedonian. News agency.

He also said that no problem has yet been reported, while we have taken the decision on the preventive evacuation of public buildings where there is an assembly of citizens, such as the building of the regional unit of Pyrgos and the building of the courts ” .

He also stated that “immediately after the earthquake the students of the schools gathered in the courtyards and a verbal order has already been given so that they will not operate today”.

For his part, the mayor of Zaharos, Kostas Mitropoulos, reported to APE-MPE that “at the moment there are no reports of damage from the earthquakes, while the municipal engineers have gone to the schools to check the buildings”.

Earthquake in drama

Earlier was an earthquake that measured 3.8 on the Richter scale noted northwest of Prasinada Drama.

More specifically, everything happened on Friday morning, when the focal depth of the seismic vibration was located at 10 kilometers.

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