Successive earthquakes above 4.0 on the Richter scale have been recorded over the last days in the sea region between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos.
"There is an increased risk. We do not deny it and things will continue this way until further notice," the president of the Greece's Earthquake Planning & Protection Organisation (OASP), Professor Efthymios Lekkas, told reporters on Monday morning from Santorini.
Lekkas announced that the relevant committees will convene again at 13:00 to examine the situation.
However, he underlined there is no correlation between the seismic activity northeast of Santorini and the activity observed around the volcano.
"We are 15 Greek scientists here and we all agree on that," the professor emphasised.
He added that "the situation has not changed and we cannot say that it will end immediately. It will take a few weeks."
He also mentioned that the greater the distance of the epicentre from Santorini, the better it is for the island.
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