Islands Close to Athens

Santorini earthquakes are decreasing but outlook is uncertain, top Greek scientist says

Greece’s chief seismologist says that while earthquake frequency around Santorini has slightly decreased, the situation remains unpredictable for the coming weeks.

ScienceAlert · 1d

Earthquake Swarm Mystifies Scientists as Greek Island Tremors Continue

Dionysia Kobaiou has been dealing with "the anxiety and stress" of her students on the Greek island of Amorgos which has felt thousands of earthquakes.

IFLScience on MSN · 1d

Santorini Earthquakes: What’s Been Happening – And Why?

The Greek island of Santorini normally conjures up images of beautiful white buildings and dreamy blue seas, but since January this year, its home in the Aegean Sea has been hit by a near-constant string of seismic activity – so what’s going on?

The Associated Press on MSN · 7d

Scientists say several thousand earthquakes detected near Greece's island of Santorini

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini

AFP on MSN22m

Islanders keen to return to Santorini even as quakes continue

Ilias Roussos will never forget the day he was driven from his native island of Santorini with thousands of others by a quake ...

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‘The whole island has emptied:’ Thousands flee Santorini as quakes rattle Greek tourist haven

Thousands of people have fled the island of Santorini as hundreds of quakes continued to course through the famous Greek tourist destination.

Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists

Authorities have declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the ...

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Multiple tremors near Greek island of Santorini shut schools and put residents on edge

A series of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini have led authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue teams with sniffer dogs and sent instructions to residents including a request to ...

Nonstop Quakes Leave a Tourist Island Empty and Its Residents on Edge

Thousands of tremors, sometimes every few minutes, have shaken Santorini, Greece. More than 13,000 of its 15,500 inhabitants ...

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