Residents on the popular island of Santorini have experienced hundreds of earthquakes this week while researchers have revealed a new magma chamber underneath the Kolumbo submarine volcano.

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. The ministry of civil protection’s announcement will provide authorities faster access to state resources.

Experts say the Greek island of Santorini has been hit by more than 1,000 earthquakes, but they're not linked to the region's active volcanoes.

Santorini has been under a state of emergency following earthquakes, the strongest at 5.2 on the Richter scale. Over 11,000 people have evacuated, schools closed, and access restricted to certain areas.

Earthquakes are still rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes as authorities bolster their emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors in recent days are a harbinger of a larger quake to come.

A series of earthquakes shook the popular tourist island this week and prompted over 10,000 residents and workers to evacuate.

Greek officials have declared a state of emergency, and tourists and locals have fled the tourist island of Santorini amid earthquakes in the past few days.

A state of emergency has been declared on the Greek island of Santorini as the earthquakes that have been plaguing the island for weeks get stronger and stronger. During the night from Thursday to Friday,