Santorini hit a strong, shallow earthquake of magnitude 5.3, which is the strongest hit by the Greek island during recent seismic activities in the area.
The trembling in Athens was felt on Monday night and measured the focal depth of 17 km (10.6 miles).
The inhabitants of the neighboring island of Amorgos remain on great standby after the latest trembling, which followed a moderate earthquake of magnitude of 5.0 between the island on Sunday night.
The tourist focal point has been grown from January since January, and more than 12,800 earthquakes have discovered the seismological laboratory of the University of Athens.
Some residents have been seen patrolling dangerous areas to distract tourists from cliff photography.
The landslides occurred in many parts of Santorini due to the frequency and intensity of trembling, and experts did not exclude a major earthquake.
Seismologists were optimistic about the intensity of earthquakes that began to give up, but now they are worried that they are getting worse.
The urgent state will remain at the site of Santorini until at least 3 March.
The Sunday earthquake was preceded by three less than 4.0 magnitude, while three were also more than 4.0 on Monday morning.
Inspections did not find damage to buildings in Santorini or Amorgos.
No injuries were reported as a result of an earthquake, which have numbered thousands of January 26, but more than 11,000 people have left the islands.
Schools will remain closed in Santorini, Amorgos and several other islands on Monday and Tuesday.
A team of special disasters to disaster went to Amorgos from Patras with a special earthquake rescue vehicle, and technical teams will be expected to review the electricity network on the island.
Kostas Papacahos, professor of seismology at Aristotle University in Thessaloniki, said to Greek television Ert that the authorities must allow the situation to continue most or all of February.
“Let’s hope we move slowly toward the gradual design,” he said.
“We’ll have to be a little patient and see. Hopefully after a few weeks, the phenomenon will start to deviate.”
He said that the possibility of a large earthquake was not completely excluded.
Meanwhile, Cruise Viking Star ship, with 893 passengers and 470 crews, forced themselves at the Souda port on Crete early on Monday morning.
It was supposed to be the first cruise of the season in Santorini. The ship changed the route mainly to avoid the overcrowding of the cable car in Santorini during the seismic activity.
The strongest earthquake has been 5.2 magnitude on Thursday. Six and more are considered serious.
Greece is one of the European countries with the most popular earthquake, but scientists are confused by the current “clusters” of earthquakes not associated with great shock.
Santorini is on what is known as the Hellenic volcanic arch – the island chain created by volcanoes – but the last major eruption was in the 1950s.
Greek authorities have announced that the recent trembling is related to the movements of tectonic plates, not volcanic activities.
Scientists cannot predict the exact time, size or place of earthquake.
From January 26 to 8 to 8 February 2025, the Laboratory of Seismology (SL) from the University of Athens recorded more than 12,800 earthquakes in the Santorini-Amorgos zone.
Additional reporting Ruth Comerford.
