A state of emergency was declared in the municipality of Thera - or, otherwise, Santorini - on Thursday, due to the ongoing earthquakes in the area, by Civil Protection Secretary General Vasilis Papageorgiou.
The state of emergency will apply from February 1, 2025 until March 3, 2025 and aims to deal with the emergency needs and manage the repercussions of the seismic activity.
The announcement states: "We are deciding to declare a State of Civil Protection Emergency in the Municipality of Thera, of the Thera Regional Unit of the South Aegean Region, in order to deal with the emergency needs and handle the repercussion that have arisen as a result of the seismic activity occurring in the above area over the recent period."
It said that the state of emergency will last for a period of one month, at which it will automatically expire (on March 3) without the need for any further document to declare it ended.