Earthquake sequence between Santorini Amorgos Islands since January the 28th 2025
Last update: 8 February 2025 at 12:49 UTC
Preliminary report from Ioanna Triantafyllou & Gerassimos A. Papadopoulos, H: A unique seismic cluster near Santorini, Greece, foreshadows a strong earthquake?
Since January 28th, the Santorini-Amorgos region is experiencing a major seismic crisis, characterised by numerous earthquakes. Over a thousand earthquakes with magnitudes up to 5.2 have been recorded. These earthquakes are concentrated about 25 kilometers northeast of Santorini and 25 kilometers southwest of Amorgos islands. More than 10,000 residents and tourists have been evacuated from the island of Santorini.
We understand that this is not an easy situation for the people of the region, so please listen to the Greek authorities and be aware that, as usual, many people are making nosense statements on social media. Stay safe.
If you felt these earthquakes, please share your experience with us. Your testimony will be useful to update the Intensity map here below, where the felt intensities represent the effects of the earthquake over the impacted area
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| Map of the swarm. | Time evolution of the seismicity |
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| Distribution of earthquakes by magnitude. | Cumulative energy released |
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| Gutenberg-Richter law. | The Gutenberg-Richter Law per group of 301 earthquakes, grouped by date |
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