Mitsotakis's remarks come as many people in Santorini spent Sunday night outdoors, amid fears of potential damage to buildings during the quakes. Some focal points of the tremors have been recorded at a depth of just 2km (1.2miles) below the surface.

A series of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini have led authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue teams with sniffer dogs and sent instructions to residents including a request to

The hundreds of minor and moderate tremors to shake Santorini over the past 12 days have prompted more than a third of the island's 16,000 residents to leave for the mainland out of fear a major earthquake could soon strike,

Residents and tourists on the Greek island of Santorini have been put on high alert after an increase in seismic activity.

Schools have been shut and public gatherings are being discouraged on the Greek island of Santorini as local authorities put the popular tourist spot on high alert for a big earthquake, following scores of small temblors over the last two days.

Santorini, the popular Greek holiday island, is taking emergency measures in response to intense seismic activity

Authorities have deployed emergency rescue crews to Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini as hundreds of people scrambled to leave after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake.