An earthquake in Ioannina and countless aftershocks

According to our source News Agency:  After the earthquake in Ioannina, now people do not have time to count ... the aftershocks. See what they say seismologists and what the figures show the Geo dynamic Institute for continuous aftershocks.

Barrage of aftershocks following the earthquake of 5.3 on the Richter scale that occurred at 23.18 on Saturday night in Pogoni region of Ioannina. The largest aftershock recorded so far reaching 4.9 on the Richter scale. Seismologists now appear overly cautious, and cysteine temper to local residents. Note that since the earthquake struck the city of Ioannina, the aftershocks are continuing up to this time.

Under no circumstances can we be reassuring, that it is the main earthquake, "said the Athenian / Macedonian News Agency Professor and Director of the Department of Geophysics AUTH Constantine Papazachos for strong 5.2 magnitude vibration, recorded yesterday at 23.14, 12 km northwest of Ioannina. "We can not be reassuring and competent authorities and the local community must move based on worst case scenario, that was not the main earthquake," adds Mr. Papazachos.

Earthquake in Ioannina: View live seismic activity from the Institute of Geo dynamics, National Observatory of Athens.

"The aftershock sequence progresses smoothly in the Ioannina region," he told RES MPA Associate Professor of Applied Geology and Geophysics, University of Patras Efthymios Sokos. However, as he added, "we will have to wait."

The chairman of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Professor Efthymios Lekkas, in statements provided information on seismic activity, which continues in the region and -as eipe- arranged overall in a direction NW / SE along a rixigenous area which is about 10 kilometers from the city of Ioannina and extends to the Greek-Albanian border.