The latest data also show that during the first months of 2012, the rate of uplift has decreased. This correlates well with a decrease in seismicity.
A possible interpretation could be that the intrusion of magma is coming to an end, and an eruption in the near to medium future is less and less likely. [less]

A brand-new study of a team around Professor Prof. Andrew Newman, a geophysicist from Georgia Tech university, is now publishing the results of deformation measurements using precise GPS measurements in the scientific journal Geophysical Research Letters. [less]

We plan to have a look at Nea Kameni, photograph the island in winter, and of course, look after local sources and information about the current seismicity and the questions related to a possible eruption in a near or medium future. Santorini merits a visit in winter anyway. It will probably be stormy, wet and cold, but perfect to appreciate its raw beauty without tourists. [less]

In a TV interview earlier today, a seismologist from the Athens Observatory confirmed the widespread (public) opinion that these earthquakes 50 km SW are no longer normal, and that "everything could happen" (not mentioning what), and critisized fellow scientists who have been saying that the quakes were normal.
At the same time, Houliaras said that these quakes have nothing to do with the volcano (which we don't agree, since there is a correlation between the absence of quakes under the volcano and the seismic swarm off the island). He said that before June 25, 2011, only earthquakes magnitute 4 and above where recorded on Santorini (!) and that the increase in the seismic activity was due to the presence of more seismographs on the island. We leave it to the reader to interpret this statement.. [less]

Greek media start to pick up the story and become increasingly interested:
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What exactly is happening is unclear, but it is almost certain that it is not a normal tectonic earthquake with aftershocks. [less]

If an eruption begins on Santorini, most likely the vent(s) will be on or near Nea Kameni and in the most likely scenario of a small eruption, it should only pose little danger to the main island.
In case of a medium sized eruption (larger than the eruptions in the 20th century), the main hazards would be from earthquakes to poorly built houses on cliffs and on major fault lines (such as in the area between Mikro Profitis Ilias and Megalo Vouno), tsunamis that could be triggered by earthquakes and invade flat coastal areas, and gas and ash emissions drifting in the direction of the wind (most often to the S and SE). [less]

The last eruption was in 1950 and nobody knows when the next one will be. Based on current levels of seismic activity, we have no clue to predict anything and the current activity seems far from alarming. [less]

The slightly increased number of quakes is concentrated on the volcano-tectonic Kameni line, which stretches SW-NE through the caldera and extends outside, especially to the NE where the submarine volcano Kolumbo is located 8 km off the coast. The alignment defines a tectonic graben structure underlying Santorini and has been used for rising magma for nearly all past eruptions of the volcano. [less]