Magnitude of 4.9
Island of Santorini shaken again by earthquake
The Greek island of Santorini has been shaken again by earthquakes. The most violent had a magnitude of 4.9. Since Sunday, the island has already been shaken by more than 200 earthquakes, and more and more people are leaving the area out of fear (see video above).
By Tuesday morning, 4640 people had set off for the mainland on board four ferries, while Aegean Airlines transported 1294 people on Monday. Five of the flights were special flights. A further eight flights were then scheduled for Tuesday. Two ferries were also scheduled to leave the island. Queues formed in front of the ticket offices. As it is winter on Santorini, almost only locals are on site.
On Tuesday morning, some of them were woken up by another earth tremor at just before five o'clock (4 am CET). The magnitude 4.9 quake was centered around 30 kilometers from Santorini in the Aegean Sea, according to the Geodynamic Observatory in Athens. Approximately three hours later, a magnitude 4.7 quake struck in the same region, followed by more minor tremors.
Further tremors are expected in the coming days. "It's the first time something like this has happened," said Athanassios Ganas from the Geodynamic Observatory on television. There had been more than 40 quakes of magnitude 4.0 or higher within 72 hours. "We have never experienced anything like this before."
Santorini lies on a dormant volcano that last erupted in 1950. However, the current development is said to be "not related to volcanic activity".
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