Santorini rocked by MORE earthquakes hours after holiday hotspot plunged into state of emergency as women and kids flee

SANTORINI has been rattled by yet much earthquakes, conscionable hours aft Greek authorities declared a authorities of exigency connected the island.

The tourer hotspot has been successful the grip of seismic turmoil, with thousands of tremors recorded since Sunday.

On Thursday evening, a 4.6-magnitude quake struck the oversea betwixt Santorini and Amorgos astatine 8.16pm section time, followed by a 4.2-magnitude tremor astir 2 hours later.

The latest shocks adhd to increasing fears among residents, galore of whom person fled.

More than 11,000 radical person present left, with authorities tracking caller quakes by the minute.

Those who stay person begun nighttime patrols to defender against looting connected the near-deserted island.

Seismologists stay incapable to accidental erstwhile the situation volition end.

Dr Athanassios Ganas, probe manager of the National Observatory of Athens, told the BBC: “It is truly unprecedented, we person ne'er seen thing similar this earlier successful [modern times] successful Greece.

"We are successful the mediate of a seismic crisis."

While Thursday’s quakes were weaker than Wednesday’s 5.2-magnitude shock, officials are bracing for worse.

Authorities person already warned of landslide risks, and tense residents person built makeshift defences on Monolithos beach, fearing a tsunami.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, acceptable to sojourn Santorini connected Friday, has urged calm.

“All plans person been implemented. Forces person been moved to Santorini and the different islands, truthful that we are acceptable for immoderate eventuality,” helium said connected Wednesday, calling for practice with authorities.

Santorini sits connected the Hellenic Volcanic Arc, but experts person ruled retired volcanic enactment arsenic the origin of the tremors, alternatively linking them to tectonic movements.

The authorities of exigency is acceptable to past until astatine slightest March 3, but with seismologists inactive puzzled by the antithetic quake clusters, nary 1 knows however agelong Santorini volition stay connected edge.

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