The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands. Last week,

Santorini, often called Greece’s "Instagram Island," is famous for its whitewashed buildings and breathtaking caldera, a volcanic crater created by one of the largest known eruptions around 3,600 years ago.

Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes overnight and into Wednesday as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors over the past few days are a harbinger of a larger quake to come.

On February 3, 2025, in Santorini, Greece, @irakli.beridze shared a video of a landslide triggered by earthquake tremors. In the video, the ground rumbles as landslides occur in the Caldera following a series of earthquakes.