About 10,000 people have left on ferries and planes in recent days as hundreds of small quakes were registered in the surrounding sea.

ATHENS, Greece — Greece’s government declared a state of emergency on Santorini on Thursday after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

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

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

Precautions were also ordered on several nearby Aegean Sea islands - all popular summer vacation destinations - after more than 200 undersea earthquakes were recorded in the area over the past three days.

The strongest earthquake recorded was magnitude 4.6 at 3:55 p.m. Sunday, at a depth of 14 kilometers (9 miles), the Athens Geodynamic Institute said.

Some locals and travelers are choosing to preemptively evacuate the Greek island of Santorini amidst the spike in seismic activity.

An earthquake has hit Greece after days of tremors in the country. The strong quake measured 5.2 magnitude and was recorded between the islands of Amorgos and Santorini. It occurred after two smaller tremors, and recorded at 9.09pm local time (7.09pm GMT). It is thought to have happened at a depth of 5km.