Natural Disasters, Hazards, & Catastrophes in Greece.

Greece has a total of six volcanoes whos names are Kolumbo, Methana, Milos, Nisyros, Santorini, and Sousaki. Kolumbo is an acitve submarine volcano located just eight kilometers southeast of the Santorini Island within the Aegan Sea. Its cone is a massive 3km wide with a 500 meter deep 1.5 km crater. Its highest parts reach at approximately just 15 meters below sea level. Its current status is dormant, meaning that it has not erupted in a very long time, however, it is known that its last eruption was very large and happened around 1650 AD. This eruption killed around 70 people in Santorini and its ash reached all the way to Turkey. Methana is also another dormant volcano located in the northwestern part of the country. Its lava domes are 740m wide. This volcano formed the Methana volcanic system which contains around 32 lava domes. In addition, Milos is a volcanic island located in the southern Aegean Sea who's also dormant, however it contains high hydrothermal activity under the

Image source: https://www.volcanodiscovery.com/earthquakes/greece.html The red circle in the image above is showing the seismic activity in Greece this past Wednesday September 6, 2017. The central area of the country experienced three relatively compact earthquakes of magnitudes 3.5 & 3.6. Fortunately, no major damage was reported. Greece is aware of the potential seismic risks that can occur. Therefore, scientists are constantly researching and also recording the active mature faults that are accumulating energy. When scientists discover faults with lots of accumulated energy it means that a potentially strong earthquake has delayed. As a result, this allows government and agency officials to immediately carry out pre-earthquake inspections and reinforcements on vulnerable areas such as older buildings, neighborhoods, schools, etc... Greek scientists prepare for Faults Reference: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2016/08/29/greek-seismologists-we-must-be-prepared-for-faults-w