In the presence of the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilia, the earthquake protection exercise “Minoas 2024” begins on Monday morning (22/4) in Crete.
As the relevant ministry notes in its announcement, this is the largest full-scale operational field exercise ever designed in the country to deal with a major earthquake.
The exercise is organized by the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, the Organization for Earthquake Planning & Protection (OASP) and the Region of Crete.
Following the large number of actions throughout the island, as well as the map exercise that took place on February 15-16, the final phase of “Minoas 2024” will be held on the three days of April 22-24 in all four Regional Units of Crete.
It will form the basis on which corresponding exercises will be conducted in each Region of the country.
The script
According to the scenario of the exercise, after 10:00 a.m. on Monday, April 22, 2024, a strong earthquake of magnitude 6.4 will occur centered in the underwater area, 20 kilometers northeast of the city of Chania, affecting the P.E. Chania and Rethymno.
On Tuesday morning, approximately 24 hours after the first strong seismic event, a new earthquake of magnitude 7.2 with an epicenter of 30 kilometers occurred in the underwater area north of the gate of Heraklion, which was strongly felt throughout Crete and the wider area, affecting especially the P.E. Heraklion and Lasithi, while at the same time marine geodynamic waves (Tsunamis) are caused which attack the northern coasts of Crete.
The start of the exercise on Monday morning will be carried out by sending a message from 112 to the general population in Chania and Rethymnon, while on Tuesday 23/4/2024 two more messages from 112 will follow, which will be sent in the morning to all of Crete. All messages will begin with the distinctive wording “EXERCISE – EXERCISE – EXERCISE” to make it immediately clear that it is an exercise and to avoid any misinterpretation and confusion.
Central bodies (ministries, central organizations), the Region of Crete, the Decentralized Administration of Crete, the primary OTAs participate in the exercise. of Crete, voluntary organizations, regional and local bodies, the Technical Chamber of Greece, ADMIE, telecommunications bodies, Health structures, port and airport management bodies, tourist structures, the Regional Directorate of Education of Crete, all the school complexes of of Crete, the Ephories of Antiquities, etc.
The start of the full development field exercise on April 22 will take place at 11:30 at the Cultural Conference Center of Heraklion with the participation of the Minister of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, Vassilis Kikilia. The meetings of the regional operational coordinating body for Civil Protection (PESOPP) will be held in the same place during the progress of the exercise.
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