Israel and other countries that have access to the Mediterranean Sea can cover a giant wave of tsunami against the background of thousands of earthquakes in the Greek resort of Santorini. The ministries and emergency bodies of Israel have already been instructed to prepare for the " It is noted that Israel will have up to 2 hours to prepare in the case of a disaster. About this writes Times of Israel.
Over the past days, about 2000 earthquakes have occurred in the Greek resort of Santorini, which prompted residents and tourists to evacuate to the mainland of Greece. After a powerful earthquake of magnitude 5.2 on Wednesday, the Greek government on Thursday announced a state of emergency on the island.
Along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in Israel about 200 kilometers, warning signs about the tsunami are installed, indicating the hill.
A quarter of all the famous tsunami was recorded in the Mediterranean Sea, and the deadly tsunami hit the beaches of Israel in 1222, 1303, 1870 and 1908. A small tsunami hit the banks of Jaffa in Central Israel in 1953. And experts warn that they will happen again. Although it is impossible to predict when and where the next tsunami collapses or how strong the flood can become, the probability of this increases during periods of increased seismic activity, for example, recent underground shocks in Greece.
The resume of the emergency discussion, consisted of February 5, says: “Due to the remoteness of the state of Israel from the zone of the earthquake (about 900 kilometers), the estimated warning time about the wave of tsunami from a strong earthquake is up to two hours. Emergency bodies and government ministries are obliged to prepare for the possibility that the state of Israel may encounter a wave of tsunami moving towards it "
On the islands of Santorini, in particular, at the famous Greek resort in recent days, thousands of small earthquakes have been recorded, which caused fears for the possible occurrence of a large earthquake capable of causing tsunami in the Mediterranean Sea.
Fortunately, Israel is part of the regional warning system about the tsunami, which can give out alerts immediately after the detection of the wave of the tsunami. Tsunami sensors in different places along the coast are also installed in the country.
Ariel Haymann, senior geologist of the Institute for Research of National Security (INSS), explained that earthquakes in the Greek resort of Santorini are the result of a collision of African and European tectonic plates, phenomena, which also leads to eruptions in volcanoes.
So the eruption of the volcano Santorini, which in the past led to the emergence of the archipelago of the islands is also not excluded.
We will remind, earlier scientists suggested that the risk of a large eruption of the volcano in the Greek resort of Santorini low, but do not exclude the possibility of tsunami. Over the past 50 years, a small series of earthquakes has occurred near Santorini from 2011 to 2012, but the earthquakes have been mostly weaker, and the frequency of their occurrence was also lower.