Since the end of January, the majority of Santorini residents have left the island by plane and ferry, as thousands of earthquakes continue to shake the region.

Authorities have declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the south-eastern Aegean Sea region.

The emergency measure announced on the island of Amorgos follows a similar decision for nearby Santorini on February 7 after thousands of unusual tremors were registered in an undersea area

More than 11,000 people have already left the island of Santorini following a series of tremors in recent days.

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini because of the hundreds of undersea earthquakes that have shaken the resort island for nearly a week

The Greek island of Santorini is still shaking. Tourists and locals have already fled to the mainland, while emergency services on site are ready to intervene. An earthquake was even felt in Athens. Daily tremors since early February have driven tourists and thousands of residents to flee the Aegean island of Santorini.

Santorini declares state of emergency amid earthquake swarm - Greece’s government has declared a state of emergency on Santorini

A series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist island this week and prompted over 10,000 residents and workers to evacuate.

Since last week, thousands of residents have left the island by plane and ferry, as hundreds of earthquakes continue to shake the region.

Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini, the University of Athens’

Earlier this month the UK Foreign Office issued travel advice for British tourists in the area - with thousands of earthquakes reported in recent weeks