Santorini Seismic cluster....

[AstralDruid]

I don't know if it is getting much coverage worldwide, but Santorini (Greek island) area is having a significant seismic episode, with hundreds of quakes and shakes in the past few days... It is an area which gets regular activity, but not of this scale.. Several volcanoes in the area, the island itself being a 'Caldera'... Potentially a major eruption coming ?? .. It is still active,. The islands are now being (have been) evacuated, tourists and residents, although officials and experts are trying to keep some sort of calm and downplaying the cluster of quakes.. It is however the scene of the Earth's 'second worst ever' eruption event, many millenia ago,,, which wiped out the civilisation of the area and led to a 3 year winter...
Links below to Live quake watch and official recorded rattles..if anyone is interested..
Planetary alignments also possible factors..



https://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake_information/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjde94dnj08o
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[ToddsPoint]

It’s plate tectonics, not volcanism. There will be no eruption but a huge quake is possible. Two major and two more minor plates converge there. Quakes and eruptions have affected that area many times throughout history. The ancient Greeks chalked it up to the “wrath of the gods”, particularly Poseidon.

 

[AstralDruid]

It’s plate tectonics, not volcanism. There will be no eruption but a huge quake is possible. Two major and two more minor plates converge there. Quakes and eruptions have affected that area many times throughout history. The ancient Greeks chalked it up to the “wrath of the gods”, particularly Poseidon.

Hi Todds
It could be plates,, it could be magma flow, the experts are split,, signs of both...,, whichever it is , it has potential to be pretty dangerous...

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

Climate change will have an effect. Ice leaving land will cause isostatic rebound, something has to give. Our crust is essentially floating on a liquid of viscus goo (molten rock) and will need to readjust to the new forces. A secondary force is the melt water changing ocean pressures a bit. All of that on top of an already living system. If the earth were to cool down to the point of solidification ( and it will) we will be done. This rock was born and it will die.

 

[AstralDruid]

There's a way of jemmying the old (debatable) climate change nugget into every discussion !!
Never miss a chance...
Forgot about the ole North African ice sheet, or is it the Turkish / Greek glaciers ?

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[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

There's a way of jemmying the old (debatable) climate change nugget into every discussion !!
Never miss a chance...
Forgot about the ole North African ice sheet, or is it the Turkish / Greek glaciers ?

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Alpine glacier? But it doesn't need to be close. Sea floor spreading off Japan ( remember Fukushima? ) is causing subduction along North America and still pushing up the rockies today and causing things like Mt St Helens and what not. The plates are big and stiff and cause reactions across long distances. Stress builds up over time and can take centuries to relive. The longer the wait the bigger the fun.