Foreign Office updates Greece travel guidance amid 'state of emergency' on hotspot island

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The UK Foreign Office has updated its advice for Greece as the government there declared a state of emergency and thousands of people evacuated Santorini.

The island of Santorini, one of Greece's most visited places, has seen hundreds of tremors in the last week and it is on alert for a major earthquake.

On Wednesday the island felt an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 on the richter scale which was it's strongest yet. There are fears of landslide risks to part of the island.

On Thursday (Feb 6) two large tremors jolted the island, each exceeding a magnitude of 4.0. The Greek Government has declared a state of emergency until March 3.

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