What’s Shaking Santorini? AI Reveals Massive Magma Movement Under the Aegean Sea

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Since the beginning of the year, Santorini has been shaken by almost 30,000 seismic tremors, which, it seems, were caused by the volcano.

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The fear was great when an earthquake swarm shook Santorini at the beginning of the year. Would the volcano break out again under the Greek holiday island? A study traces what happened in the interior of the earth.

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A study published on Wednesday in "Nature" looks back at the unusual seismic activity that hit Cyclades Island, Greece, in January and February. Three quarters of the inhabitants had had to flee the area.

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The cause of the earthquake storm recorded around the island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea in early 2025 has been illuminated by a study conducted by German researchers. According to the research, which used artificial intelligence and seafloor sensors, the cause of the earthquakes was a massive magma movement that rose up to 4 kilometers below the surface. The geological processes behind these tremors, and in particular the hidden connection e…

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More than 28,000 earthquakes shook Santorini at the beginning of 2025. Researchers now show the role of ascending magma and what this means for the monitoring of the volcanoesThousands of earthquakes occurred on Greek islands last winter. The extraordinary series in January and February 2025 on the archipelago around Santorini is believed to be due to viscous rock rising from a deep magma chamber, as researchers now report in the journal "Nature…