E. Lekkas in Proto: 7.7 Richter Earthquake in Istanbul – All Public Buildings to be Checked in a Year (Audio)

He spoke about the 7.6 magnitude earthquake in Japan First show of Hellenic Radio 91.6 and 105.8 The Epthymios LekasProfessor of Dynamic Tectonics & Applied Geology at the University of Athens, where he was a guest on “Current Affairs GPS” and spoke with journalist Thanos Siafakas.

«What we should take from the Japanese is cooperation, team work, discipline, obedience, all of which we lack not only in other peoples. They are very organized, trained and their mentality is completely different from ours. Therefore, they follow the instructions with stoicism, determination, and whatever they do, they all do it together,” Mr. Lekas ​​said at the beginning of his talk, noting the elements that make the Japanese role models. .

“Seismic safety of buildings, education, awareness and pre-earthquake control are absolute priorities now”

“Now all public buildings in the country are given full priority for anti-seismic armouring, training, information and pre-seismic inspection, which is ongoing. Year,” said Mr. Lekas ​​mentioned during the conversation with the journalist.

“Certificate of Standard Adequacy required”

Then, referring to private buildings, he underlines “”.Private buildings should also be inspected. As soon as the anti-seismic control of public buildings is completed, we expect some corporate law regulations to be developed so that this mandatory control can be extended to all buildings in the country, private buildings, under the responsibility of the owners. When renting or selling an apartment, you cannot ask for an energy certificate and leave out an earthquake certificate. Generally buildings should have a certificate of standing. Of course, it must be accepted by the owners. This restriction will be implemented gradually. We propose to implement this control, and of course it will give another value to buildings and anything else that needs to be reinforced or suffers from the wear and tear of time or needs to be done in terms of institutional structure. Repair and rehabilitation of buildings for their seismic-resistance. These terms are from our recently issued OASP. We will look at public buildings in the country by 24, and then of course we will propose that the private buildings in the country should also be there.».

“For Istanbul, yes, we are expecting some big event. They are the combined views of scientists of all countries. So it's only a matter of time. The longer it is delayed, the bigger the earthquake, which means the more energy is stored. And of course the city has a huge impact. It has a population of 20 million and now a third of the buildings are very old buildings. A third are new buildings such as Antioch and Atana. 8 not out in total. If the entire fault is broken it is 7.7 or 7.8. If 20 million people are crammed into a relatively small space, there will be casualties. Of course, the scenario of the earthquake also depends, that is, when, when and how it will happen. “Let's hope that the fault breaks every now and then with small earthquakes, and nothing as big as in Antioch, for example,” Mr. Lekas ​​said at the end.Turkey and Istanbul.