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The Methana volcano peninsula
The Methana volcano peninsula
The volcanic island of Milos
The volcanic island of Milos
The volcano of Santorini island
The volcano of Santorini island
The volcano of Nisyros island
The volcano of Nisyros island
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5.3 magnitude tectonic earthquake hits 50 km SW of Santorini on 26 Jan - more than 50 aftershocks - quake probably not related to volcanic activity
Friday, Jan 27, 2012
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The Greeks take the earthquakes at Santorini serious
The earthquakes of 26 January 2012 on the central fault system of Santorini
Thursday, Jan 26, 2012
After a serial of strong earthquakes on 26 January the Greeks begin to take the seismic development around and under Santorini serious. Today there ha... [more]
Earthquake 4,2-5,3 R on the Christiana-Nea Kameni-Koloumbos-Fault
Earthquake of 26.1.2012 on the Santorini-Fault
A strong earthquake was reported north of Crete island and south west of Santorini. Officials told to the media "that there is no great danger", but b... [more]
Santorini volcano, Greece, seismic unrest 2011-12 - updates and news: activity at relatively calm levels
Wednesday, Jan 18, 2012
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Santorini volcano, Greece - current seismic activity precursor to new volcanic activity?
Wednesday, Jan 11, 2012
For a about 6 months now, seismic activity beneath Santorini has been elevated, but this is nothing unusual to happen at an active volcano (which Sant... [more]

Volcanoes of Greece (6 volcanoes)

Sousaki | Methana | Milos | Nisyros | Kolumbo | Santorini
Wall painting from the Bronze-Age town near Akrotiri on Santorini, possibly depicting the island before its catastrophic eruption at around 1640 BC.
Wall painting from the Bronze-Age town near Akrotiri on Santorini, possibly depicting the island before its catastrophic eruption at around 1640 BC.
Greece - a historic place for volcanism
1640 B.C. the volcano of Santorini island destroyed one of the first European high-cultures - the Minoans. In mythology that island is often connencted with the sunken island of "Atlantis". Later in 230 B.C. the eruption of the Methana-Volcano near Athens was described by wellknown ancient writers like Ovid, Pausanias and Strabon. Greece was always a place of high active volcanoes and a ideal place for studying them. The eruptions of Santorini island until 1950 attracted many geologists and even today there are many research projects going on.