Mayor of Santorini says recent earthquakes are part of a 'seismic swarm' that could last weeks

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Residents have been warned to avoid indoor gatherings, check escape routes, stay away from cliffs and to drain swimming pools to reduce potential structural damage to buildings in the event of a large earthquake.

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00:00The mayor of Santorini says the earthquakes that have hit Greek islands on the Aegean

00:05Sea in the last few days are part of a seismic swarm that could last weeks.

00:10It is called in the language of seismologists a monthly earthquake, and to explain what

00:15it means, it is a month of birds of the same species, of the same size, very similar in

00:21intensity to an earthquake, which can end the phenomenon, if I have understood correctly,

00:27with these months of earthquakes, or with a bigger one, and then the extinction.

00:34Hundreds of quakes with magnitudes between 3 and 4.9 have been registered since Saturday

00:40between Santorini and the neighboring island of Amorgos. The seismic activity has prompted

00:47mass evacuations amid fears the tremors could be a precursor to a much larger earthquake.

00:54Schools in Santorini and on neighboring islands have been closed, and people have been told

00:59to stay away from areas where rock slides could occur.

01:04And while Greek experts say the quakes are not linked to Santorini's volcano, they acknowledge

01:09that the pattern of seismic activity is cause for concern.

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