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Nonstop Quakes Leave a Tourist Island Empty and Its Residents on Edge

Nonstop Quakes Leave a Tourist Island Empty and Its Residents on Edge

February is a slow time on the Greek island of Santorini, which draws more than three million visitors annually. But after another week of near-constant earthquakes, the island has taken on an unusual quiet. At least 13,000 of the island’s 15,500 residents, unnerved by the frequent shaking, have left in the past week. The streets […]

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Greece Prepares for Earthquake as Tremors Shake Santorini and Other Islands

Greece Prepares for Earthquake as Tremors Shake Santorini and Other Islands

The authorities in Greece on Monday closed schools and deployed emergency services on the Aegean island of Santorini, one of the country’s most popular tourist destinations, after the area was rattled by hundreds of minor and moderate earthquakes. The ministry for civil protection said on Sunday that more than 200 tremors had struck the Aegean […]

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