Mount Athos: Damage to Simonos Petra and Vatopedi Monasteries from the earthquake

Minor damage has so far been recorded in buildings on Mount Athos after the 5.3 Richter earthquake that occurred on Saturday afternoon. Early in the morning at Mount Athos Located by the Northern Greece Fire Inspector, Lieutenant General Theodoros Kosmidis along with a TEE step.

The autopsies will continue in the coming days. Already yesterday there is a step of the 2nd EMAK for everything.

Damages were recorded in two main monasteries, in the Simonos Petra Monastery and the Vatopedi Monastery. According to ERT, some rock landslides were noted, tiles, plaster fell, and there was also a minor injury to pilgrimage, who tried to get out of a building.

The president of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE) of Central Macedonia, Elias Pertzinidis, speaking to ERT, stressed that no serious damage has been found so far. He himself granted relevant photos showing the size of the damage.

Source: ertnews

Source: ertnews

At the same time, Mr. Pertzinidis stressed is the immediate repair of the damage that has arisen is currently the demand to withstand the buildings in possible future vibrations.

Despite the inconvenience created by Mount Athos yesterday, pilgrims continue. Yesterday, 1,500 pilgrims entered, and today the boats from Ouranoupoli for the port of Daphne are leaving.