A week of tremors presents the risk of building mutation in Santorini

The view of Vera Village, with the continued seismic activity on Santorini Island, on Friday. [Louisa Gouliamaki/Reuters]

Experts said hundreds of small earthquakes that shook the tourist point in Santorini in Greece this week have been concerned about the integrity of the construction boom that lasted for the length of the volcanic slopes on the island.

No serious damage was reported, but scientists have warned that seismic activity could last for weeks and did not rule out the possibility of a larger earthquake.

This worries experts, some of whom have long questioned the sustainability of the transformation of the attractive village island into one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe.

“They wanted to develop the island and did not pay attention to environmental and safety issues,” said Dimitris Papanicolao, a professor of geology at the University of Athens and former head of the Earth Planning and Protection Organization in Greece.

He said that the result was clear today: luxury hotels that contain swimming pools and Jacosis hanging from the slopes exposed to the landslides in Santorini, where the volcanic soil is soft and unstable.

“Nothing should be built in this area,” said Babanicolao. “It is a dangerous area as long as seismic activity continues.”

The tremors prompted the government to declare a state of emergency on Thursday. Close schools, deployment of the army. Meanwhile, thousands of people were left on aircraft and phrases.

The authorities announced warnings of the ground collapses of five regions, including the main port of Santorini, and the regions were cordoned off along the Caldira – the edge of an old masculine volcano drowning in the clear water of the Aegean Free.

Excessive tourism has raised concerns about water shortages and overcrowding throughout Greece in recent years. But Santorini is an extreme example. Millions of their streets are visited with white gravel and buildings with blue every year.

Natural disasters are not new on the island, which was formed by a volcanic eruption in 1600 BC, which witnessed a devastating earthquake in 1956. The boom of the modern building began in the eighties of the last century to seduce tourists.

Even before the last earthquakes, experts called for studies to assess whether the buildings need reinforcements.

In 2021, a report issued by the Hellenic Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage, commissioned by the Al -Jazeera authorities, said that there is an urgent need to study soil engineering to assess building safety in Caldira.

Quoting data from the Greek Chamber of Technical, I found that many buildings do not have permits, nearly a quarter of tourism companies.

The report said: “It is important … immediately verifying the arbitrary construction that occurs inside Caldira,” the report said.

Dimitris Bacoyenes, Secretary -General for Spatial Planning and Urban Environment, said that the Ministry of Environment stopped the construction on Caldira in November for a year and forced its owners to complete risk assessments or confront the removal of permits.

Prime Minister Kiriacos Mitsotakis urged calm when he visited the island on Friday and defended construction standards in an interview with Reuters.

He said: “We have a very strict construction code that is applied throughout the country, especially in those areas most vulnerable to earthquakes.” “For this reason we feel very confident that everything can be done, has been done.”

Many residents are used to earthquakes over the years, even if it was very week. But they are concerned about the upcoming holiday season, which begins in May.

Mathaios Kourgialis, who owns a small hotel at the top of Caldera, has received many cancellation this week.

“If we continue for another few months with this situation, the season will be lost,” he said. [Reuters]

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