{"id":3280,"date":"2025-02-05T21:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/5-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-santorini-marking-the-strongest-in-recent-days\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:43:29","slug":"5-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-santorini-marking-the-strongest-in-recent-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/5-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-santorini-marking-the-strongest-in-recent-days\/","title":{"rendered":"5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Santorini, Marking The Strongest In Recent Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"A\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Santorini on Wednesday night, shortly after 9 p.m., in the sea region between Santorini and Amorgos islands. This marks the most powerful tremor reported by the Geodynamic Institute near Santorini in recent days. The region has experienced over 6,400 quakes in the past nine days, causing concern among scientists and prompting many residents to leave the island.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, a 5.0 magnitude earthquake was also recorded, with its epicenter 22 kilometers southwest of Arkesini, Amorgos. The National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA) notes that the seismic activity suggests an earthquake swarm, characterized by the absence of a dominant main shock.<\/p>\n<p>The NKUA presents two potential outcomes: the seismic activity might gradually decline, with smaller quakes persisting for several months, or it could escalate into a more significant main earthquake, followed by typical aftershocks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier on Wednesday, Efthymis Lekkas, president of the Hellenic Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (OASP), cautioned about the increased landslide risk in Santorini due to the ongoing seismic disturbances.<\/p>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<div>\n<strong>Tags:<\/strong><br \/>\nAmorgos, earthquake, Earthquake Swarm, Efthymis Lekkas, Geodynamic Institute, Greek news, greek news now, Hellenic Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, landslides, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Santorini, Seismic Activity<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"category_container author-information\">\n<div class=\"inner\">\n<section id=\"authorpage\" class=\"authorpage\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba5d58825f031edb65507982df805898?s=164&amp;r=g\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ba5d58825f031edb65507982df805898?s=328&amp;r=g 2x\" class=\"avatar avatar-164 photo lazyload lazy\" height=\"164\" width=\"164\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-content\">\n<h5>GCT Team<\/h5>\n<p>This article was researched and written by a GCT team member.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"fa fa-link\"\/><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/greekcitytimes\" class=\"boxed-icon fill twitter\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Greekcitytimes\" class=\"boxed-icon fill facebook\" v=\"\"><i class=\"fa fa-facebook\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/greekcitytimes\" class=\"boxed-icon fill instagram\" target=\"_blank\"><i class=\"fa fa-instagram\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/02\/06\/5-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-santorini-marking-the-strongest-in-recent-days\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Santorini on Wednesday night, shortly after 9 p.m., in the sea region between Santorini and Amorgos islands. 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The region has experienced over 6,400 quakes in the past nine days, causing concern among scientists &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Santorini, Marking The Strongest In Recent Days\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/05\/5-2-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-near-santorini-marking-the-strongest-in-recent-days\/#more-3280\" aria-label=\"Read more about 5.2 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Santorini, Marking The Strongest In Recent Days\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/sant3.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","no-featured-image-padding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}