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In recent days, many posts have spring up again speculating about increased seismic activity and a possible new eruption in some near future at Santorini. We cannot see any such. No unusual concentration of earthquakes is visible near the island in the past weeks. [more]
The bay with thermal water at Palea Kameni island (c) Tom Pfeiffer
Santorini volcano
Caldera (complex stratovolcano) 329 m (on caldera rim) / 128 m (top of most recent lava shield, Nea Kameni), Cyclades, Greece, 36.4°N / 25.4°E
Nearby recent earthquakes (within 30km radius):
Earthquake list: past 7 days (only M>=-0.8) (3 quakes)
(7.4 km S from epicenter) / MMI IV (Light shaking): I was just drifting off to sleep and it startled me awake. This is the second quake we’ve felt here. One yesterday afternoon and now this one!
(21.4 km SSE from epicenter) / MMI IV (Light shaking): War drinnen im Haus. Der Boden bebte Gläser schepperten, Tisch rüttelte. Kleine Risse an den Wenden. Das Beben war kurz, wenige Sekunden. Draußen war kaum etwas zu spüren.
Ubinas activity updates: The most frequently active volcano in Peru entered a new eruptive phase in 2014. Updates and news are regularly posted on this page.
Top 20 quakes in 2016: Several magnitude 7 quakes occurred in 2016 (but none above M8): Papua New Guinea, NZ, Ecuador, Solomon Islands, Sumatra, Chile, Alaska and others - nearly all major earthquakes were located near active subduction zones.
See the top 20 list of largest quakes in 2016 with this map.
Updated: Wed, 4 Apr 07:42 UTC (GMT)
