Efthymis Lekkas warns of a potential disaster with up to 100,000 deaths following the powerful earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale in Venezuela. <\/p>\n
The president of the OASP<\/strong>, Efthymis Lekkas<\/strong>, referring to the two powerful earthquakes<\/strong> measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale that struck Venezuela<\/strong>. Speaking to ERTnews, he emphasized that the true extent of the disaster has not yet been assessed, noting that a much more dramatic picture may emerge at first light. <\/p>\n \u201cWe still cannot imagine exactly what has happened<\/strong>,\u201d he said, noting that initial estimates from international organizations point to the possibility of an extremely high number of victims<\/strong>. <\/p>\n The president of the OASP agreed with the initial estimates cited by Reuters<\/strong> and the U.S. Geological Survey<\/strong>, emphasizing that the death toll<\/strong> could range from 10,000 to 100,000<\/strong>, with a probability of around 50%<\/strong>. As he said, \u201cWe are dealing with a major disaster<\/strong>, and estimates of tens of thousands of deaths are possible and cannot be ruled out.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The two faults – Why Disasters Are on the Rise<\/strong><\/p>\n Analyzing the geological characteristics<\/strong> of the phenomenon, Efthymis Lekkas explained that the two powerful seismic tremors<\/strong>, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale, occurred just 39 seconds<\/strong> apart along major active faults<\/strong> in the northeastern extension of the Andes<\/strong>. <\/p>\n At the same time, he pointed out that in densely populated areas<\/strong>, a large percentage of buildings<\/strong>\u2014which may reach as high as 75%<\/strong>, is particularly vulnerable<\/strong>, a fact that significantly increases the risk of widespread collapses. <\/p>\n As he explained, the two powerful earthquakes<\/strong> affected buildings<\/strong> differently, depending on their age, construction method, and structural integrity. The most severe damage was recorded in older stone<\/strong> and unreinforced structures, where cracks<\/strong>, plaster detachment, and partial wall collapses occurred. In contrast, newer buildings constructed in accordance with modern seismic codes<\/strong> performed significantly better, confirming the importance of seismic reinforcement<\/strong> in structures. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \n Efthymis Lekkas warns of a potential disaster with up to 100,000 deaths following the powerful 7.2- and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes in Venezuela….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12775,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12774\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12775"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/en.tomanifesto.gr\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}