Santorini Earthquake: How long will the “earthquake crisis” last?

Experts agree that the island is experiencing what the Greek prime minister calls “a very complex geological phenomenon.”

“It’s truly unprecedented and I’ve never seen anything like this in Greece (modern) days,” says Dr. Athanasios Ganas, research director at the National Astronomical Observatory of Athens.

Santorini is located in the volcanic arc in Greece, a chain of islands created by volcanoes.

However, although we have not seen any major eruptions recently, it is not actually after the 1950s, so the reason for the current crisis is unknown.

Experts say they see many earthquakes within relatively small areas that do not fit the patterns of the main shock aftershock sequence, says Dr. Ganas.

He said this began with the awakening of a volcano in Santorini last summer. Then, in January there was a “surge” in seismic activity, which recorded earthquakes.

That activity escalated last week.

Thousands of earthquakes have been recorded since Sunday, and Wednesday is the most important ever.

“We are in the middle of an earthquake crisis,” said Dr. Gasnus.

Dr. Margarita Segou, a British Geological Survey, explained that it is said to happen every day “on a pulse.”

She says that this “school-like behavior” means that if the more important earthquakes become larger, for example, magnitude 4, “the seismic activity increases for 1-2 hours and the system relaxes again.” That’s what he says.