Santorini’s earthquake swarm is declining
Plans for an upscale Mediterranean restaurant near Fayette Mall are shifting. Ilias Pappas announced last summer he would open an ambitious Greek restaurant called Santorini at 3801 Mall Rd. #120, in the former Saul Good Restaurant & Pub location near Fayette Mall,
An earthquake swarm near the island of Santorini is gradually declining a month after it began, Greek scientists monitoring the phenomenon said Monday. The undersea shocks — sometimes recorded only minutes apart — led thousands of residents and workers to flee the famed clifftop towns of Santorini as well as the nearby
Scientists from the University of Athens monitoring an earthquake swarm near the island of Santorini say the phenomenon is in “gradual decline” nearly a month after the multiple tremors started
Businesses on Greece's famous Santorini island are facing uncertainty as earth tremors drive away foreign tourists. With the Greek Orthodox Easter approaching, local entrepreneurs like hotel owner Yiannis Constantinou hope domestic travellers can come to the rescue.
The Greek government’s chief seismologist says the frequency of earthquakes affecting Santorini and nearby islands has eased in recent days, but that the outlook for continued tremors in the coming weeks remains uncertain.
Greece will soon set up an evacuation port on the island of Santorini to facilitate the safe escape of people in case a bigger quake hits the popular tourist destination, a Greek minister said on Monday.
Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, most with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece's volcanic island of Santorini.
Greece on Tuesday announced temporary measures to support workers on its popular tourism island of Santorini as earthquakes rattled the island for a second week.
Israeli geo-archeologist had studied ancient seismic activity of Santorini for decades, then happened to be on the island as the ground began shaking.
Back then, flights and ferries were cancelled and tourists had to stay away from Santorini, the jewel in Greece’s tourism crown. But at least the islanders remained. Now, after three weeks of the outcrop in the Aegean being rattled by more than 20,000 earthquakes, even islanders have packed up and left.
More than half of Santorini's population have fled the holiday hotspot after the island was hit by hundreds of earthquake tremors in recent days. Earlier this month, Santorini and neighbouring ...
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