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The cruise ship operated by Viking Ocean Cruises did not call at the island of Santorini on Monday as planned, but instead went to the port of Chania on Crete. The reason: the ongoing series of earthquakes.
Kronen Zeitung als bevorzugte Google-Quelle hinzufügen Cruise passengers flock to the island, especially in the summer months, with a record of more than 15,500 people in one day last August. Due to the high numbers, the island community wants to enforce a limit of 8,000 cruise tourists per day.
Schools remain closed
Now, however, it could be that no cruise ships will be arriving for the time being - because the earth continues to shake several times an hour and with peaks of magnitude 5.
Seismologists and geologists cannot predict when and how the phenomenon will end. Experts keep saying that there could still be a larger quake.
Pictures from Santorini:
This week, schools on Santorini and the neighboring islets of Ios, Anafi and Amorgos will remain closed following a government decision.
Most of the population - especially women, children and the elderly - have left the island and taken refuge on the mainland.
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