A series of earthquakes on Santorini has prompted thousands of people to leave the Greek tourist island since early February 2025. Against this backdrop, some social media users were sharing old, out-of-context images and wrongly linking them to the tremors on the island.

The strongest earthquake yet after days of near-constant tremors has been recorded near the island of Santorini, the famous Greek tourist haven now almost emptied of visitors and residents.

The hundreds of earthquakes that have rattled Greek islands on the Aegean Sea are a “seismic swarm" and could continue for weeks before eventually diminishing, the Santorini mayor told The Associated Press on Tuesday — pausing to chuckle as new tremors shook items on his desk.

More than 11,000 people have already left the island of Santorini following a series of tremors in recent days.

A 5.2 magnitude tremor has been detected between the Greek islands of Santorini and Amorgos — the most powerful recorded since activity started on on January 31.