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People board a ship and leave the Greek tourist island of Santorini after a wave of seismic tremors hit the picturesque spot in the Aegean. Known for its spectacular cliffside views and a dormant volcano, Santorini and neighbouring Aegean Sea islands have been hit by hundreds of tremors since last week, the largest with a magnitude of 4.9. "We have over 200 tremors, measuring between one and five on the Richter scale. There's an intermittency in the tremors," says Efthymios Lekkas, head of Greece's Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation (OASP), in Santorini. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES