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 ...

ATHENS, Greece — The Greek government’s chief seismologist says the frequency of earthquakes affecting Santorini and nearby islands has eased in recent days, but that the outlook for continued ...

“It’s a real puzzle.” Although Santorini is itself a partially submerged, and still active, volcanic island, the current consensus is that the cause of these quakes is anything but volcanic.

The seismic activity rattling Santorini and other Greek islands is not over and the biggest quake yet could be still to come, a seismologist has warned. Rémy Bossu, Secretary-General of the ...

Santorini has canceled public events, restricted travel to the island and banned construction work in certain areas. The quakes have caused cracks in some older buildings, but no injuries have ...

Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. ... But for many of Santorini's 20,000 permanent residents, the once idyllic island of quaint villages and pristine beaches has been ruined by mass tourism.

A state of emergency has been declared in Santorini after the strongest earthquake was recorded in days of near-constant tremors, which have almost emptied the famous Greek tourist haven of ...

SANTORINI, Greece — Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes overnight and into Wednesday as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the hundreds of ...

More than 200 undersea earthquakes have been detected near the Greek island of Santorini over the past three days, worrying Greek experts and island residents alike.

The Santorini volcano eruption at about 1600 B.C. devastated the island, buried a town, and caused massive earthquakes and flooding that impacted the island of Crete and as far as Egypt.

The Greek island of Santorini, a major tourist destination, is currently being evacuated. This comes after over 200 mild seismic events were reported, signaling the potential onset of a significant ...