An ‘earthquake swarm’ is shaking Santorini. It could persist for months
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par Dee Ninis, Earthquake Scientist, Monash University
Konstantinos Michailos, Postdoctoral Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University
Greece’s government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island multiple times a day and sometimes only minutes apart.
The “earthquake swarm” is also affecting other nearby islands in the Aegean Sea. It began gradually with numerous very minor (less than magnitude 3) and mostly imperceptible earthquakes in late January. However, at the start of February, the seismic activity intensified as the quakes became larger…
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jeudi 6 février 2025
