1 day ago · Santorini. Credit: Greek Reporter. Controversial Dutch researcher and seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets, who predicted Turkey’s devastating earthquake days before it occurred—an event that resulted in the loss of more than 50,000 lives—reported on Monday that Italy, Turkey and Greece are at risk of volcanic activity and earthquakes, as some regions have not experienced a significant ...

Dec 29, 2022 · According to research, there are three areas in the Greek fault where seismic activity is frequent and can cause loss of life and great destruction because of its great magnitude.

13 hours ago · ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of Athens’ crisis management committee said Tuesday, adding that a larger quake cannot be ruled out.

4 days ago · The worst-case scenario is a repeat of the 1956 Amorgos earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.8, the largest earthquake in Europe in the last century. This is a possibility, but it is hard to ...

4 days ago · The region last suffered a major earthquake in 1956, when a tremor with a magnitude of 7.7 struck to the south of the island of Amorgos, followed minutes later by a magnitude 7.2 earthquake near ...

Apr 29, 2022 · Greece is threatened by a disaster caused by an earthquake, scientists who have created the first earthquake risk model for the whole of Europe say.

Feb 3, 2025 · Greece’s largest quake in the last century occurred in the area — it was a 7.7-magnitude temblor dubbed the Amorgos earthquake that struck in 1956, triggering a roughly 20-meter (65-foot) tsunami, causing significant damage …

Examples of places with high earthquake risk are in urban areas, such as the cities of Istanbul and Izmir in Turkey, Catania and Naples in Italy, Bucharest in Romania, and Athens in Greece, many of which have a history of damaging earthquakes.

5 days ago · The Santorini resident fears the impact of ongoing earthquakes on the Greek island, popular with tourists for its picture-postcard views. But the idyll has been disrupted this past week by ...

This seismic risk profile of Greece, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.