The earthquake that was felt in Israel
over the weekend: The epicenter of the earthquake that was felt in Israel last Friday was in Cyprus.
Against this background, we spoke with the seismologist from the University of Haifa, former Dr. Avi Shapira, chairman of the inter-ministerial steering committee for earthquake preparedness.
He said: "From a seismic point of view, the Mediterranean is very active both in the Cyprus area, in the Crete area and in areas closer to Israel. However, a tsunami wave must be divided between the noises themselves.
"In terms of earthquakes, fortunately most of the noises occur 300-250 kilometers from Israel, so unlike the noises from the Syrian-African rift that are very close to the population centers in the country and endanger it very much, an earthquake in Cyprus will hardly endanger buildings in Israel."
He added: "However, there are two effects of a strong earthquake in the Cyprus area that could cause significant damage to the coastal cities in Israel, documented damage from the past that also affected the entire Levant." From the noise itself.
It is possible and difficult to determine when such a wave will occur when the statistical average is once every two hundred years.
But there is another effect and that is surfing the seabed. "
How significant is the danger from the sea?
It is significant and we are preparing for it.
It should be noted that the relative Mediterranean is full of active seismic areas.
There is also a lot of areas in the Cyprus area and there are more active areas.
Although we are more familiar with the tsunami waves in the ocean, but one should know that since the Mediterranean is kissing the cradle of human culture and there were lots of active and large cities around it, we know records of very large disasters that occurred because of tsunami waves.
It has happened in Italy, Portugal, Turkey and also the Levant.
This is a real danger and it is very tangible. "
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