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  • Biggest quake yet could be still to come on Greek tourist island, seismologist warns

    02/08/2025 8:19:58 AM PST · by BenLurkin · 20 replies
    CNN ^ | February 7, 2025 | Sophie Tanno,
    Rémy Bossu, Secretary-General of the European-Mediterranean Siesmological Centre, said “days, or perhaps, weeks” would be needed to evaluate the unusual tremors but said that the series of quakes typically occur in the build-up to a larger tremor. A state of emergency has been declared in the idyllic Greek island of Santorini amid a series of near-constant tremors in recent days, which have almost emptied the famous Greek tourist haven of visitors and residents. The largest tremor so far was recorded on Wednesday evening, when a quake with a magnitude of 5.2 coursed through the island. It was the first to...