Damascus-Sana
The General Directorate of Meteorology reduced the possibility of any tsunami occurring on the Syrian coasts, stressing that the Mediterranean is not ideal for the formation of tsunamis due to the lack of breadth and depth and the many islands in it and their scattering.
Meteorologist Maher Merhej said in a statement to SANA that no tsunami was recorded on the coast of the Levant after the devastating earthquake that struck the Aegean Sea yesterday off the coast of Turkey and Greece with a force of seven degrees on the Richter scale, followed by more than a hundred aftershocks, some of which exceeded four degrees.
Marhej indicated that the earthquakes that have occurred so far in the eastern Mediterranean region are not strong enough for a strong tsunami to occur, and therefore in the event of a tsunami it will not be dangerous and normal waves will form from one to one and a half meters and there is no fear of them, indicating the importance of constantly monitoring any tsunami after Every earthquake, especially strong earthquakes.
The European Commission had indicated that the danger to the coasts of Syria and Lebanon will be among the weak to the Mediterranean during the next few hours after the earthquake that struck Turkey, where some waves may touch one to one and a half meters, no more, and therefore there is no fear at all of the water entering the land, but it is preferable to get out of the sea. Connecting ships and boats.
Ali Ajeeb
