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.
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.
