Erupting Volcano on the island of Santorini in 1866. The horseshoe shape of the island was created during a cataclysmic eruption 1500 BC. The ancient eruption may have created a tidal wave which ...

Earthquakes as part of an ongoing swarm event continue to shake the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, including the popular tourist destination of Santorini, officially known as Thira. A magnitude ...

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 ...

Santorini, which is one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations, sits on top of an active volcano, although it has not erupted since 1950. Scientists don’t expect the earthquakes to trigger a ...

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 ...

ATHENS — Is Turkey just yanking Greece’s chain, or is this stuff serious? As earthquakes rattled the Greek island of Santorini anew on Wednesday, the big country on the opposite side of the Aegean Sea ...

One example was a photo of Santorini's Red Beach from more than 10 years ago, being shared online with false claims about landslides. Another was a viral photo of lava spewing from a volcano that ...

Santorini caldera, volcano. Credit: Bongo Vongo / CC-BY-SA-2.0 Renowned seismologist Costas Synolakis claimed that the earthquakes rattling Santorini may indicate the expansion of the island’s ...