It welcomes around 3 million visitors per year, but between January 26 and February 8, the Seismology Laboratory of the University of Athens has registered a staggering 12,800 earthquakes in the Santorini-Amorgos zone, the strongest of these was last night at a magnitude of 5.3.

Thousands of locals and travelers have evacuated the Greek island of Santorini amidst a spike in seismic activity.

Experts say the Greek island of Santorini has been hit by more than 1,000 earthquakes, but they're not linked to the region's active volcanoes.

An earthquake of 5. 3 magnitude hit the Greek island of Santorini late Monday, officials said, the strongest yet of the thousands of tremors that have shaken the area, prompting thousands to leave.

Santorini has been impacted by over 200 seismic tremors in the last 48 hours, with experts stating that nothing should be ruled out

Hundreds more people were expected to leave Greece's Santorini island on Wednesday as tremors shook the popular summer tourist destination for a sixth day.

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of Athens’

The popular Greek holiday island of Santorini has been hit by its strongest earthquake yet as medical staff prepare to evacuate. The latest quake, one of hundreds to hit the volcanic island in recent weeks,

The top tourist island of Santorini has been struck by its strongest earthquake in weeks amid a wave of increased seismic activity in the region.