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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Helena Smith in Athens

State of emergency declared on Santorini after earthquakes shake island

Firefighters on a deserted street outside a hotel
Firefighters in the almost evacuated village of Fira. The emergency measures are expected to remain until 3 March. Photograph: Orestis Panagiotou/EPA

Greek civil protection authorities have declared a state of emergency on Santorini as natural disaster experts voice mounting fears over the “intense” seismic activity that has rattled the island.

The emergency measures were declared by the island’s town hall hours after seismologists recorded a 5.2-magnitude earthquake – the most powerful tremor to be felt on Santorini since the first of an estimated 7,700 temblors were registered last week.

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