A series of earthquakes on the popular Greek resort island of Santorini caused evacuation plans. Despite the fact that the order of evacuation has not yet been given, many worried locals and tourists have already left the island on airplanes and? ferries, while others spent the night in their cars or in safe zones. Daily Mail writes about this.

This morning, northwest of the small island of Anafi, near Santorini, another earthquake of magnitude 4.2 occurred.

Although earthquake experts argue that the seismic activity recorded in this area in the morning of Friday is not connected with the volcano in Santorini, which once caused one of the largest eruptions in the history of mankind, local residents remain a guard.

Meanwhile, today schools are closed on the island and evacuation points have been created.

In the main city of Santorini, Fire, local authorities determined the collection points for residents in preparation for possible evacuation, although the mayor Nikos Zorzos emphasized the preventive nature of measures.

Greek media reported that several people spent the night in the open air - either in their cars or in places designated by the authorities as safe.

The well -known Greek seismologist Gerasimim Papadopulos warned that the current sequence of earthquakes, displayed on seismic maps in real time in the form of a growing accumulation of points between the islands of Santorini, Ios, Amorgos and Anafi, may indicate an impending larger event.

The President of the Anti -Eismic Planning and Protection Organization Ephtimios Lexas emphasized that there is only a “slightly probability of an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 points”, but excluded the probability of an earthquake of magnitude more than six points.

Experts on earthquakes and officials of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, as well as the Fire Service, held meetings daily and decided to close schools on Monday on the island of Santorini, as well as on the nearby Islands of Amorgos, Anafi and IOS.

After the Sunday meeting, they also recommended residents and owners of hotels in Santorini to drain water from their pools due to fears that large volumes of water could destabilize buildings in the event of a strong earthquake.

The inhabitants of the islands are recommended to avoid major events in the open air and move around the islands, taking into account the danger of rockfalls.

The Santorini Archipelago consists of the inhabited islands of Santorini and Tiracia, as well as the uninhabited islands of Naa-Kamen, Palaya-Kamen and a little further than the island of Christian.

Weak earthquakes were also recorded in the Calder of the volcano Santorini, which is mainly under water. The strongest earthquake of magnitude 3.8 occurred on January 25. Since then, seismic activity inside the volcano slept, experts say.

Eruption of volcano Santorini around 1600. BC. devastated the island, buried the city underground and caused powerful earthquakes and floods that affected the island of Crete and even Egypt.

According to experts, the volume of the thrown rocks amounted to 41.3 cubic kilometers, and a tsunami height of 9 meters fell on Crete.

In the 1990s, the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Land of Earth (IAVCEI) assigned Vulcano Santorini the status of a "

Volcanoes of decades are 16 volcanoes around the world that need to be observed due to past powerful eruptions and proximity to densely populated areas.

Santorini is one of the most popular Greek islands among tourists. The population of the island is only 15,500 people, but in 2023 it was visited by 3.4 million people, which causes concerns about excessive tourism.

At the end of the 20th century, Santorini was a sleepy idyll, where most local residents made great profit from agriculture than from tourism.

The number of visitors has increased since the 1960s, since the island has gained fame thanks to its stunning types and sign architecture.

Recall, the focus previously wrote about whether the volcanic of the volcano Santorini would be. So far, all measures are preventive, but it is worth remembering that the last eruption of the volcano, as you know, occurred here in 1950. According to researchers, this eruption created clouds of ash, rising by several hundred meters, and the lava dome, but it was relatively small.