Santorini to close schools as popular tourist island rocked by small quakes

Schools person been advised to unopen connected the Greek land of Santorini aft a fig of tiny earthquakes.

A bid of tremors up to a 4.3 magnitude were registered connected Friday and Saturday successful the country betwixt the volcanic land of Santorini and Amorgos, the civilian extortion ministry said successful a connection connected Saturday afternoon.

Greek authorities person besides advised radical connected the fashionable land to debar 2 tiny ports and not stitchery successful indoor spaces aft accrued seismic enactment successful the country implicit caller days.

The Civil Protection Ministry said the enactment was not linked to volcanic enactment and was receding, but experts had projected precautionary measures including the schoolhouse closures connected February 3.

They person besides urged radical not to entree oregon stay astatine the tiny larboard of Ammoudi and the harbour of Fira, which serves chiefly cruise ships.

Earthquakes measuring betwixt 2.8 and 4.5 struck the country connected Sunday morning, according to the Athens Geodynamic institute, without causing damage.

Greece sits connected aggregate responsibility lines and is often rattled by earthquakes. Santorini is 1 of Greece's apical tourer destinations.

One of the largest eruptions successful history, astir 1600 BC, formed the land successful its existent shape. The past eruption successful the country occurred successful 1950.