00:00The mayor of Santorini says the earthquakes that have hit Greek islands on the Aegean
00:05Sea in the last few days are part of a seismic swarm that could last weeks.
00:10It is called in the language of seismologists a monthly earthquake, and to explain what
00:15it means, it is a month of birds of the same species, of the same size, very similar in
00:21intensity to an earthquake, which can end the phenomenon, if I have understood correctly,
00:27with these months of earthquakes, or with a bigger one, and then the extinction.
00:34Hundreds of quakes with magnitudes between 3 and 4.9 have been registered since Saturday
00:40between Santorini and the neighboring island of Amorgos. The seismic activity has prompted
00:47mass evacuations amid fears the tremors could be a precursor to a much larger earthquake.
00:54Schools in Santorini and on neighboring islands have been closed, and people have been told
00:59to stay away from areas where rock slides could occur.
01:04And while Greek experts say the quakes are not linked to Santorini's volcano, they acknowledge
01:09that the pattern of seismic activity is cause for concern.
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