Santorini sits on the exposed part of a largely underwater volcano called the Santorini caldera. However, researchers believe the earthquakes there are driven by the movement of plates ...

Santorini's earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. The earthquakes are probably caused by faults rather than volcanic activity.

When most of us think about active volcanoes in the U.S., Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier and a few others will first come to mind. However, one of the most active volcanoes in the region is about a ...

the potential for volcanic activity at the Santorini volcano, the potential for volcanic activity in the active underwater volcano Kolumbo northeast of the island and ongoing seismic activity at ...

Experts view the underwater location as a mitigating ... While these are tectonic quakes, not volcanic, the risk level has escalated.” In Santorini’s main town of Fira, local authorities ...

Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (GEOMAR) 1 What is the cause of the many earthquakes near the volcanic island of Santorini? Between Santorini, the underwater volcano Kolumbo and Amorgos ...

Santorini, one of the most popular tourist ... The epicentres of the earthquakes are near the underwater volcano Kolumbo about five miles northeast of the island. Officials have not linked ...

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

On Monday, scientists retrieved underwater seismic monitors ... ministry halted construction in Santorini’s caldera, the rim of an ancient volcano that gave the island its unique shape, last ...

One is Kolumbo, an underwater volcano about 8km north-east of Santorini. The other is Nea Kameni, which an islet within Santorini's ring-shape land mass. Santorini used to be more rounded in shape ...