Santorini “empty” – workers, guests and residents leave the island

Photo [ΙΝΤΙΜΕ]

Due to numerous seismic shocks In Santorini and in the adjacent underwater region, more and more residents, workers, employees and tourists leave the island.

Emergency flights and ferry schedules

In this context, at the request of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, airline Aegean She announced the addition of two emergency flights today and one additional tomorrow, on Tuesday, from/in Santorini for the convenience of the movement of residents and tourists. It should be noted that all four regular daily flights from/in Santorini will be executed in normal mode, according to the schedule.

Airline Sky Express She also added emergency flights from and in Santorini for today, Monday, February 3, and tomorrow, Tuesday, February 4. For the convenience of moving residents and tourists, the company added the following emergency flights:

• 03-02-2025 GQ352 Athens-Santorini 19:25.
• 03-02-2025 GQ353 Santorini-Afins 20:50.
• 04-02-2025 GQ340 Athens-Santorini 08:00.
• 04-02-2025 GQ341 Santorini-Afins 09:25.
• 04-02-2025 GQ346 Athens-Santorini 08:30.
• 04-02-2025 GQ347 Santorini-Afins 09:55.

Fervor company Attica Group I also planned an emergency flight from Santorini in order to facilitate the movement of residents and tourists. It will be carried out today, on Monday, 03/02/2025, on the ferry “Kissamos”. He will go at 21:00 from Iraklion in Crete and arrive at the port of Tira at 00: 30-01: 00, it is expected that he will arrive in Piraeus at 07:30 p.m. on Tuesday, 04/02/2025.

The people are waiting for the appearance of tickets on the ferry. Photo [ΙΝΤΙΜΕ]

“Clear trend” to the departure of workers and tourists

Earlier, Antonis Ilopulos, the former president of the Santorini hotel association after two consistent terms and the owner of three hotels on the island, said in the media that from Sunday 2/02/2025 is observed “Explicit trend” To the departure of tourists and workers from the island. “There are people who are afraid, and this is logical. Those who do not have urgent obligations are leaving. Basically, foreign workers in construction and several tourists that we have: tourists who use more affordable winter packages leave ”, -said Mr. Ilopoulos.

Mayor Santorini: We have no damage

Speaking in the first program of Era, the mayor of Santorini Nicholas-Anastasios Zorzos expressed confidence, noting that life on the island continues “in normal mode“, And at the moment there was no damage from seismic activity. He also said that a small number of inhabitants spent a night outside their houses.

“Despite the frequency of earthquakes that we feel when they exceed 4 points on the Richter scale, since they occur at a considerable distance and in the underwater zone, despite this, life continues, I would say, in normal mode. Obviously, there is anxiety and expectation to hear the opinion of the seismologists that they say every day, but life continues normally “– said the mayor of Santorini, describing how the inhabitants of the island react to consistent seismic tremors in the field of the Cyclay in recent days.

To date, no damage has been registered, also added Mr. Visters, “We will wait, as we made after previous meetings and proposals that the scientific commission made by the Ministry and the decisions adopted by the ministry, and we are largely consistent with what was decided.”

The mayor of the island said that “There is no wave of departure”However, some, mainly workers, were looking for a way to leave, while most permanent residents remain on the island. He also noted that after volcanic seismicity in 2011 and 2012, the island gained extensive experience, and residents learned a lot of new things, which was unknown to them before.

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– FORECAST Weather Greece (@forcastgreece) February 3, 2025

The mayor of the island decided do not raise a panic and do not report landslide in the Calderwho threatened the building of hotels and houses standing on the edge of the cliff. However, residents of the island themselves understand the situation and leave.

In the meantime, the power and frequency of underground shocks is growing. For the period p last analysis of underground shocks on the island, (11:29), several more strong shocks occurred, magnitude from 3 to 4.9 points on the Richter scale.

1. 03-02 14:17: 4.9 p
2. 03-02 14:10: 4.2 p
3. 03-02 13:50: 4.6 p
4. 03-02 13:44: 3.7 p
5. 03-02 13:28: 1.9 p
6. 03-02 13:20: 4.3 p
7. 03-02 13:16: 3.5 p
8. 03-02 13:01: 2.5 p
9. 03-02 12:46: 3.6 p
10. 03-02 12:45: 2.0 p
11. 03-02 12:36: 3.4 p
12. 03-02 12:34: 3.6 p
13. 03-02 12:25: 3.3 p
14. 03-02 12:20: 3.1 p
15. 03-02 12:13: 3.4 p
16. 03-02 12:06: 3.9 p
17. 03-02 11:48: 4.0 p
18. 03-02 11:38: 3.3 p

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