New Seismic Tremors in Attica in the Early Hours of Thursday – Epicenter in Kifisia

A seismic tremor of 2.5 Richter magnitude, the 2nd wrong astir 2 hours successful Attica’s bluish suburbs, occurred astir 1:40 AM connected Thursday successful Kifisia. According to the Geodynamic Institute, the epicenter was located 1 kilometer northbound of Kifisia, with a focal extent of 11.1 kilometers.

At astir 3:20 AM, a weaker tremor of 1.2 Richter followed successful the aforesaid country (1 kilometer north-northeast of Kifisia), with a focal extent of 11.6 kilometers.

Earlier Tremor successful Chalandri
About 2 hours earlier the Kifisia tremor, a 2.0 Richter quake occurred successful Chalandri astatine 11:33 PM, besides felt successful parts of Attica. The epicenter was 2 kilometers west-southwest of Chalandri, with a focal extent of 11.5 kilometers.

Earthquake Safety Measures
Citizens tin find elaborate guidelines connected what to bash during and aft an earthquake connected the General Secretariat for Civil Protection website. Key recommendations include:

During an Earthquake:
If indoors:

• Stay calm.
• Take screen nether sturdy furnishings (table, desk), kneel, and clasp onto its legs.
• If nary sturdy furnishings is available, kneel successful the halfway of the room, protecting your caput and cervix with your hands.
• Avoid ample solid surfaces, windows, oregon objects that could origin injury.
• Do not permission the location oregon spell retired onto the balcony.

In gangly buildings:

• Stay distant from windows and exterior walls.

In amusement venues oregon buying centers:

• Stay calm and stay successful spot until the shaking stops.
• Avoid chaotic crowds rushing toward exits to forestall being trampled.

In unfastened spaces:

• Move distant from areas nether buildings, telephone, oregon powerfulness lines.
• Use a container oregon briefcase to shield your head.

In a car:

• Drive to an unfastened country and halt carefully, ensuring you don’t obstruct traffic.
• Avoid tunnels, bridges, oregon overpasses.

After an Earthquake (Indoors):

• Prepare for imaginable aftershocks.
• Check yourself and others for injuries; bash not determination earnestly injured individuals.
• Evacuate the gathering via stairs (avoid elevators) aft shutting disconnected electricity, gas, and water.
• Seek an open, harmless area.
• Follow authorities’ instructions and disregard rumors.
• Avoid unnecessary driving to not hinder rescue operations.
• Use phones lone for emergencies to forestall web overload.
• Do not re-enter your location if you announcement damage, exposed wires, oregon state leaks.