Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after a series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist island this week and prompted more than 10,000 residents and workers to evacuate.
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00:00Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after earthquakes prompted over
00:0710,000 evacuations this week. Since Sunday, hundreds of tremors have been recorded between
00:12Santorini and Amorgos, with the strongest reaching 5.2 magnitude on Wednesday night.
00:19Authorities have warned of a high risk of landslides, prompting school closures, the
00:24deployment of emergency teams, and advisories for residents to avoid ports and large gatherings.
00:30Santorini wakes us up every 10 minutes, on a regular basis. There are a lot of earthquakes.
00:37There is a lot of anxiety. I wouldn't have left Santorini, but it was planned.
00:43I came to Santorini to do some work. I did it. I moved. I hope everything goes well.
00:50When you are in the city center, and you know that you are on a tropical island,
00:55where the ground is dry, it is more frightening than being in another part of Greece,
01:02where the city center can be further away or somewhere else.
01:06Greece's Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Ministry has declared a state of emergency
01:12until March 3rd to manage the quake's impact. While Greece frequently experiences earthquakes,
01:18seismologists describe this level of activity as unprecedented,
01:22warning that tremors could persist for weeks or even months.