Schools on four Greek islands will remain closed through next week as earthquakes continue to rattle the region.

Schools on four Greek islands will remain closed next week as a series of earthquakes continue to shake the region, authorities said on Saturday. Santorini, Amorgos, Anafi, and Ios have experienced more than 800 tremors measuring magnitude 3 or higher since 1 February.

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.

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

Santorini, a famous Greek tourist destination, has declared a state of emergency following a 5.2-magnitude earthquake recorded on Wednesday evening. The tremors, described as near-constant and unprecedented,

More Greek islands closed schools Tuesday as hundreds of earthquakes rattled the Aegean Sea while a handful of hardy tourists enjoyed having Santorini’s stunning views to themselves.

A seismologist from the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre has said it may take “weeks” to see how the ongoing earthquakes disrupting Santorini and other Greek islands evolve, warning that the disruption seen so far could amount to foreshocks ahead of a larger quake.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis insisted Friday there was no "immediate danger" from an unprecedented wave of quakes on the tourist island of Santorini that has forced thousands of residents