Earthquakes in Evia: Entire house wall collapses; 'Three siblings lived here'

A sequence of powerful earthquakes rattled the island of Evia, Greece, on Sunday, causing significant material damage but fortunately resulting in no reported casualties. The seismic activity, with the strongest tremor registering 5.2 on the Richter scale, left residents shaken.

In one particularly concerning incident in Dafnoussa, an entire stone wall of a house collapsed. The home is inhabited by three siblings, one of whom was inside eating when the earthquake struck and managed to exit just in time. Nikos, who was in a neighboring village at the time, rushed back to find his home damaged.

"My sister was inside eating and told me there was damage. I came and saw this scene. The wall on one side fell down. In the past, there were other earthquakes, but we had small cracks," Nikos recounted.

Inside the house, plaster has fallen from the walls. Nikos stated he would spend Sunday night in a guesthouse as he has been prohibited from staying in his residence due to the continuing aftershocks. The seismic sequence has disrupted life on the island, highlighting the vulnerability of structures to seismic events.

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My sister was inside eating and told me there was damage. I came and saw this scene. The wall on one side fell down. In the past, there were other earthquakes, but we had small cracks.