Earthquakes Near Greek Island of Santorini Were Caused by Moving Magma

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Geology: Thanks to advanced algorithms, it's now clear what caused the Earth to tremble tens of thousands of times last February and March. A quantity of magma…

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Tens of thousands of earthquakes shook the Greek island of Santorini and surrounding areas earlier this year. Now, the researchers published a comprehensive geological analysis of the seismic crisis in the journal Nature. Researchers – from the GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences and Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel, [...]

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At the beginning of the year, tens of thousands of earthquakes shook the Greek island of Santorini and its surroundings within 30 days. Geologists have now analysed how this seismic crisis occurred. According to this, a month-long and complex displacement of Magma underground has triggered the swarm quake. A total of 300 million cubic meters of liquid Magma rose from the deep crust of the Earth, [...] The article How the Santorini quakes arose f…