Seismic Santorini

 The Greek island of Santorini. Renowned for its amazing sunsets*, besieged by thousands of tourists and cruise ships all year long

Over half of it's residents and all tourists have been evacuated as continuous seismic tremors shake the island.  The nearby islands of Amorgos, Ios and Anafyi are also along the same fault line  

Schools are closed and people are being warned to keep away from cliffs faces, especially on Santorini as rock falls and landslides occur.

The tremors are continual since Saturday, increasing to over 5 on the richter scale.

Experts naturally are monitoring the situation. But really, who knows. They wait for the worst.

Emergency services are in position on all these islands and residents given instruction on how to protect themselves.

The last big earthquake was 7.7 in 1956. They're used to earthquakes but not these constant tremors.

Santorini is an extinct volcano.

The volcano erupted in 1600BC. It was one of the largest volcanic explosions in human history. It is thought that the volcanic cloud and tsunami wiped out Minoan civilisation on Crete. Was this when the island state of Atlantis was destroyed?

These earthquakes are not thought to be linked to volcanic activity.  By some experts.

*Poros too has awesome sunsets over the harbour and mountain known as 'The Sleeping Lady'.