In the span of 10 days, nearly 13,000 tremors of varying intensity were recorded on the Greek island of Santorini. The situation is causing concern, not only among the Greeks. Turkey, neighboring across the sea,

Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced thousands of earthquakes this month while researchers have revealed a new magma chamber growing underneath the Kolumbo submarine volcano.

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.