It remains unclear whether the earthquake that occurred on Monday night, August 26 in northern Evia, was the main one, as Gerasimos Papadopoulos points out in a post.

As he explains, about 10 smaller earthquakes with a maximum magnitude of 2.3 have followed, but “they are not enough to say that we are already in a smoothly evolving aftershock sequence.”

“We need more time to say that. The generation of one or more earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 2.3 and approaching 4 is quite likely,” he concludes.

The post by Gerasimos Papadopoulos:

Earthquake in northeastern Evia last night, magnitude 4.5. Let’s see how we’re doing so far, about 12 hours later. It’s still not clear if this was the main earthquake.

There have been about 10 smaller earthquakes with a maximum magnitude of 2.3 following, but not enough to say that we are already in a smoothly evolving aftershock sequence.

We need more time to say that. The generation of one or more earthquakes with a magnitude greater than 2.3 and approaching 4 is quite likely.