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Greece’s island of Santorini rattled by 200 earthquakes

The Greek island of Santorini's picturesque buildings are perched on top of cliffs formed by a volcanic eruption more than 3,000 years ago [File: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has appealed for calm as hundreds of rolling earthquakes have left the residents of Santorini island, and its neighbours in the Aegean Sea, rattled.

Records from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) showed the quakes were continuing to occur a few minutes apart as of 7am on Tuesday (05:00 GMT), with the largest quake recorded at magnitude 5.1 on Monday afternoon.

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