The earthquake chart is Newspaper headlines for Tuesday, August 27 generalany titles : “Earthquake warns of dangers”The Portuguese newspaper, like its competitors, devoted the first pages of its issue to: To the 5.3 magnitude earthquake that struck the previous day at 5:11 a.m. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea, 60 kilometers off the coast of the coastal city of Sines in the Alentejo.
The earthquake did not cause any injuries or damage, but only caused great panic among a large part of the Portuguese at dawn. He points out that the latter did not receive any warning from the authorities. general, Pointing to the flaws, especially in the communications around this event. The website of the Institute of the Sea and the Atmosphere (IPMA), the reference in Portugal, crashed very quickly after the earthquake.
Modification of the Earth's crust
Another concern highlighted on the front page of the paper was the lack of preparedness of a city like Lisbon for earthquakes, even though it is located like the rest of the country in a high-risk zone. Tuesday's quake was not “Not a test, but a serious warning” bayonet general In his opening :
“In the Lisbon metropolitan area alone, two-thirds of the buildings where we live, where we work, and where we receive the most diverse services, were built before there was effective legislation on earthquake protection. [dans les années 1980]The Lisbon City Council announced that it had been implemented. “Seismic assessment of more than 1500 municipal buildings” And 10% of them should be like that. “Enhanced” Earthquake resistant. Many other buildings will also need to be assessed.
Locals fear a repeat of the major earthquake (followed by a tsunami and fire) that devastated the capital in 1755. Thirteen people also died in a 1969 earthquake, measuring 8 on the Richter scale. Yesterday's quake could trigger other things, as seismologist Susana Custodio points out in the article:
“Earthquakes change the stress state of the Earth's crust in that area, which sometimes triggers other processes and can lead to larger earthquakes.”
