Feb 3, 2025 · Santorini’s main villages are built along the rim of the volcano’s caldera — producing the dramatic scenery of cascading whitewashed houses and sunset viewpoints that make the island so popular, but also raising concerns in the event of a major earthquake. The sheer cliffs also make some areas prone to rock slides.

Santorini caldera is a large, mostly submerged caldera, located in the southern Aegean Sea, 120 kilometers north of Crete in Greece. Visible above water is the circular Santorini island group, consisting of Santorini (classic Greek Thera), the main island, Therasia and Aspronisi at the periphery, and the Kameni islands at the center.

4 days ago · Santorini – a giant magmatic cauldron with two small volcanic isles nested in its submerged center – has a dark and dangerous volcanic history stretching back 650,000 years. It features a ...

Jan 30, 2025 · Santorini is a volcanic Island group at the central south end of the Cyclades in the Aegean Sea (Greece). As a popular tourist destination in Greece, it is renowned for its spectacular sea-filled volcanic caldera sourrounded by steep colorful cliffs, the beauty of its villages and fields.

Feb 3, 2025 · ATHENS, Greece -- Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on ...

Feb 2, 2025 · Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has urged people on the island of Santorini to "stay calm" after an increase in seismic activity. His remarks come as schools were told to close on Monday ...

Santorini (Thera), in the Aegean Sea, has steep-walled caldera rim with villages that overlook an active volcanic island in the center of a caldera bay. The circular island group is composed of overlapping shield volcanoes cut by at least four partially overlapping calderas.

May 11, 2023 · Overlapping calderas, an eruption as powerful as 40 atomic bombs, and recent volcanic unrest - Santorini has it all.

Explore the secrets of one of the youngest volcanoes in the Mediterranean. Palea and Nea Kameni islands are a wondrous natural laboratory and are included in the Natura 2000 European network of protected areas. The volcanic island of Nea Kameni is easily accessible from the ports of Santorini, on a daily basis.

Jan 16, 2024 · One of the most explosive volcanic eruptions ever witnessed by humans took place 3,600 years ago, around 1,600 B.C.E., off the island of Santorini in the Eastern Mediterranean.