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Hundreds of people have been forced to flee the Greek island of Santorini following a swarm of terrifying earthquakes. Tremors as strong as magnitude five have raised concerns the volcano that ...
Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced over 8,000 recent earthquakes. Now, researchers have revealed a new magma chamber growing underneath the Kolumbo volcano. ByJim Dobson ...
"What we must realize is that the Santorini volcano produces very large explosions every 20,000 years," Efthymios Lekkas, seismologist and head of the scientific monitoring committee for the ...
The Greek island of Santorini might be known for its iconic ... like the ground swelling up and deforming on a volcano’s slopes. “Right now, this is tectonic activity,” says Yeo—meaning ...
Officials have not linked the recent seismic activity to Kolumbo or the dormant volcano within Santorini’s caldera, Nea Kameni. The volcano of Santorini is active (Picture: Reuters) Officials ...
Another volcano — a submarine one called Kolumbo — lies about 8 kilometers (5 miles) northeast of Santorini, nearer to the epicenter of the current earthquakes. But seismologists say the ...
One of the best clues that Plato gives about Atlantis ... and it has a relatively new volcano, which we know erupted in ancient times. Santorini was also the site of an important maritime city ...
And a series of earthquakes earlier this year has left scientists wondering whether the volcano's next eruption could threaten the island. While the last volcanic eruption in Santorini was in ...
"We have to look inside the earth," she says. The Discovery is investigating Santorini's caldera and sailing out to Kolombo, the other major volcano in this area, about 7km (4.3 miles) north-east ...