“There is no cause for concern from further earthquakes,” but the state’s emergency infrastructure will remain on the alert for 48 hours, said Nikos Chardalias, Civil Protection secretary-general, on Friday evening shortly after the meeting of the Civil Protection Central Coordination Body, according to ANA.
The agency convened at the Fire Brigade’s Operations Coordinating Center in the Athens district of Halandri.
The Secretary-General said that Civil Protection activated all the municipal emergency services to the citizens’ assistance, and said that in terms of injuries one lightly injured tourist was taken to hospital and other civilians sustained minor injuries.
In buildings, plaster fell off the facade of some old buildings in Athens, he added, and some minor structural damages were recorded, mostly close to the earthquake’s epicenter at Magoula.
There was also some concern that the collapsed conveyor belt at the port of Piraeus might have trapped someone underneath, but a portable scanner and trained dogs showed that there was no one there, he pointed out.
On telecommunication problems observed right after the tremor, he reported that brief interruptions were noted on cellphone antennas but service was restored.
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