In a radius of 1,200 km extends the rift that gave the big earthquake of 7.7 Richter in Myanmarwhile according to the Director of the Geodynamic Institute, Vasilis Karastathi, this huge rift crosses cities.
“The area where the earthquake occurred, the affected area in Myanmar is within the boundaries of the spherical plates. The rift that caused the earthquake has a huge potential, has given 6 major earthquakes in the last century, over 7 Richter, “Vasilis Karastathis told ERT, and emphasized that” we are not talking about an ordinary zone of Rhoxes, but a very dangerous area,
“I think it has all the elements to become a very dangerous situation”, stressing that “it has a completely straightforward form. It is one of the largest faces straight and is a property that gives it some excellent speeds in spreading the breakdown of burglary that makes it even more dangerous. “
Asked if the number of victims could be ejected – there is talk of tens of thousands of dead – Mr Karastathis stressed that “the number of victims in previous similar earthquakes was not very large because the construction in the old years in the 1950s and was previously low. Constructions were constructed, wooden constructions that may not have had the same seismic risk With today’s concrete, but I don’t know what regulations have been built at least most of them. So this will play a very big role in where the victims will range. “
Regarding the seismic sequence he stressed that “the post -seismic sequence will certainly be extensive in time and rich in number of earthquakes. There is also a risk that we will have a continuation of a similar magnitude earthquake in a neighboring part of the rift. “
‘This zone of 1200 meters did not “break” whole. So there are various parts of this zone. It may be in the same zone the breakage of another section as in 1929-1930 we had 3 consecutive earthquakes, in ’46 we had a twin earthquake. “
Finally, Mr Karastathis emphasized that “there will be a rich activity that will be maintained for many months”.