A state of emergency was declared on Santorini Thursday after a magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook the Greek island late Wednesday. The tremor is the latest — and strongest — in a series of quakes that have struck the island since last week,

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.

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.