More than 280 underground tremors, with an amplitude of up to 4.9 on the Richter scale, occurred in the first weekend of February in the area of the Greek island of Santorini. Residents are hastily leaving the island. Air ticket prices have reached record levels.
Greek authorities are taking emergency measures: schools are closed, residents are urged to stock up on water and food, avoid visiting port areas, not to travel to the mountains, and not to gather in large groups indoors.
The Greek Organization for Seismic Planning and Protection (OASP) believes that the current seismic activity on the island is caused by the submergence of the Aegean Sea plate under the African plate, which leads to an increase in resistance and friction along the fault line and is not associated with volcanic activity.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who is in Brussels, has called on the residents of Santorini to remain calm.
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