This weekend, all Albanians have been eagerly awaiting a forecast, and who better than seismologists could tell us what's going to happen?
Akis Tselentis, the famous Greek seismologist whose name we have heard recently is a professor of seismology at the University of Athens, director of the Institute of Geodynamics at the National Observatory of Athens, director of the National Tsunami Center, but most of all even "predictive" cases of natural apocalyptic phenomena.
However, from the experience of Greeks over the years, Achis, for public opinion, is also the man whose "predictions" have failed in many cases. This, first and foremost because an EARTHQUAKE cannot be predicted.
However, not least, his predictions terrified the people!
1. In September 1999, Athens was rocked by a 5.9 Richter earthquake, which left 143 dead and 1600 injured. Not to mention the material damages that were incalculable. At that time, the lecturer, the seismologist predicted another earthquake, a prediction that terrified people and made them leave their homes to spend the night outdoors. This situation continued until other specialists intervened and called for an end to the panic created by the country.
2. In 2008, in Methoni, Greece, people were called to a possible earthquake, but this prediction was denied by Tselentis in front of the screen. In fact, at the end of February, the country was hit by a 6.7 magnitude earthquake, thankfully without casualties.
3. In 2008, another major earthquake warning in Achaia forces the mayor to sue Tselentis to appease the area's residents. The anticipated earthquake never happened.
4. On May 2, 2007, the 5.7 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma, USA, causes anxiety for Tselentis, who told cameras that hydrocarbon drilling would have a domino effect and that there would soon be apocalyptic earthquakes in Greece.
5. In October 2016, following the earthquake in Italy, Akis urged the Greeks to all stand ready with the argument that "Greece has time without a powerful earthquake". Such statements sparked panic among citizens who waited for a moment, his "forecast".
6. The famous seismologist could not predict the June 2017 earthquake on the islands of Lesbos and Chios. The quake was of magnitude 6.1, the Richter scale, but according to his statements at that time, the worst part had not yet come. Thankfully, nothing happened. The situation was normalized.
Although in Greece Tselentis is praised for his accomplishments and innovative system designed for earthquake prediction, his figure is at the same time considered "insulting the Greek academic community" because of the tendency to "predict" on-screen disasters (thankfully in most cases). did not occur) has become more than repeated.
Source: Balkan Web
