Earthquake warning for Santorini closes schools as holiday island is rocked by series of small quakes

AN EARTHQUAKE warning has been issued for Santorini with schools closed on the holiday island.

The Greek paradise has been rocked by a series of small quakes leading authorities to take precautionary measures.

Santorini church with blue dome overlooking the Aegean Sea.
The Three Bells of Fira church on the island of SantoriniCredit: AFP
Oia town, Santorini, Greece: whitewashed buildings and blue-domed churches overlooking the Aegean Sea.
Santorini island has had warnings issued after a series of earthquakesCredit: Getty

They have shut schools on Monday and advised people on the island to avoid two small ports and refrain from gathering in indoor spaces.

Over the course of Friday and Saturday, a sequence of underwater vibrations with a magnitude reaching up to 4.3 was detected in the region situated between Santorini, a volcanic island, and Amorgos.

On Sunday morning, earthquakes measuring between 2.8 and 4.5 hit the area but no damage has been reported.

These tremors occurred to the northeast of Santorini, occurring at a depth of approximately 4km, as per the updated information provided by the geodynamic institute of the national observatory of Athens.

The last eruption in the area occurred in 1950.

One of the largest volcanic eruptions in history, in around 1600BC, formed the island in its current shape.

Santorini sits in the middle of the Aegean Sea Plate and close to an active volcanic arc that runs between Greece and Turkey across the Aegean.

View from an open window of the Aegean Sea and Oia, Santorini.
Santorini sits in the Aegean OceanCredit: Getty
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