Lands of Rattle Santorini, riding a tourist exodus from the volcanic islands in Greece

London – Tourists continued to escape on the Greek island of Santorini on Wednesday – the fourth consecutive exodus day caused by a series of earthquakes that scattered an incredibly popular destination for a European vacation. About 7,000 people left the island, sitting southeast of the Greece land, of Quakes started last weekAccording to the AFP news agency.

Most visitors left Santorin’s ferry, but there were also flights.

From Tuesday, more than 1,000 earthquakes, with sizes up to 5.2 on A richer scalerecorded near the island, most focused on just about 15 miles from its shores in the Aegean Sea, according to Euro-Mederanian seismological center.

Eftmios Lekkas, head of the State Organization for Planning and Protection of Earthquakes, said Greek national television that the earthquakes move north, far from the island, according to Associated Press.

“This can take a few days or a few weeks,” he said. “We are not able to predict the evolution of sequence in time.”

This is that the unpredictability of the earthquake has driven people from the island – no one can safely say if hundreds of small earthquakes mean on the way to the bigger Temmblor.

“I understand the fear of what it means to be on Santorini, who is constantly moving,” said Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, urging the inhabitants to remain calm and follow all the instructions given by officials.

Experts told the French AFP news agency that the region has not experienced such an intense seismic activity since the records began in 1964.

Santorini has been sitting on a volcano that has not erupted since 1950, but the Committee of the expert said on Monday that the current earthquake rash was not “associated with volcanic activities”.

“This time is different”

While earthquakes left cracks in some buildings, no significant damage or injury has been reported. The neighboring islands of Anafa, IOS and Amorgos also did not report that there were no victims.

The schools on all four islands were also closed in the week as a precautionary measure, and Santorini canceled public events and limited arrivals to the island.

About 3.4 million people visited Santorini in 2023, according to AFP.

Panagiotis Hatzigeorgiou, a retired police officer and a ship worker who has been living on the island for more than 30 years, said AP -in -way, despite the calls to stay with relatives in the Greek capital, Athens.

“Older residents are used to landings,” he said. “But this time is different. It’s not the same to have earthquakes every two to three minutes.”

“The main thing is not to worry,” he said, adding with a laugh, “Now we can listen to music on our own and have coffee.”