Scientists have detected several thousand earthquakes, the vast majority of them with small magnitudes, in just over two weeks near Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini.

The threat of a more major earthquake seems to have subsided on the most visited of the Greek islands but experts disagree on the origin of the tremors that have caused 11,000 of the 15,000 permanent residents to flee.

How 10,000 tremors in two weeks left Instagram favourite Santorini deserted - Usually teeming with tourists, incessant earthquakes have seen the Greek island of Santorini deserted by the majority of i