Santorini's 30,000 Earthquakes Linked to Magma Movement Between Volcanoes, Study Finds

Nearly 30,000 earthquakes that rattled the land of Santorini earlier this twelvemonth were caused by magma moving betwixt the island's celebrated volcano and the adjacent underwater Kolumbo volcano, according to a large caller survey published successful the diary Nature.

The seismic crisis, which began connected Jan. 27 and lasted for astir a month, prompted a authorities of exigency declaration and the impermanent evacuation of galore residents. Some of the tremors surpassed a magnitude of 5.0.

The caller survey confirms that the 2 volcanoes stock the aforesaid magma supply. According to the planetary squad of researchers, successful aboriginal 2025, magma carved a 13-kilometer-long (8-mile) conduit that halted conscionable 3 kilometers beneath Santorini's surface.

"Volcanic situation reveals coupled magmatic systems astatine Santorini and Kolumbo," the nonfiction is titled. The probe squad included Greek scientists Paraskevi Nomikou and Dimitris Anastasiou.

While seismic enactment has since diminished, scientists pass that Santorini remains 1 of Europe’s astir progressive volcanic areas and that akin phenomena could recur.