Terrified tourists watch MASSIVE LANDSLIDE in a village on Santorini ! Slope instability concerns !

Yeah, now she's hitting the fizzy in Santorini in Greece and I have learned about this so many times since that massive earthquake swarm started end of January and throughout February. Akis Tzirentis, local scientist, has warned about this because ongoing earthquakes, of course, they weaken this already weak volcanic rock that is called Santorini where all the tourists go, where all these cliffhanger hotels and cliffside pools are located and people seem to forget that this is not solid rock. This is a caldera. This is actually a caldera rim, the part that sticks out of the water of this massive volcano. It is a volcano. And just six months basically after this wave of now, we know over 50,000 earthquakes, we have a landslide that came down the cliff, so to speak. The caldera edge has collapsed over a village with a huge dust cloud and tourists had to watch this, had to watch the dust settle over them. Tourists were terrified when they saw this massive landslide crashing down in the village. And the problem was it's been said so many times after these earthquakes, illegal buildings on the cliff, illegal hotels, hotels not built to codes with faulty foundations, all these like they call it Instagram island, these nice cliffside pools that are hanging over the cliff, beautiful, but some of them are very, very dangerous. And while the earthquakes were happening, we could already see a video how the rocks are falling off the cliff at Santorini, how they're crumbling down, how the dust cloud is forming when that happens. And experts were warning that some of these cliffsides could be destabilized. Even the old port in Santorini where that cable car is coming down, the cable car was damaged from these ongoing earthquakes and they had to re-stabilize it. And they also said, well, we should not have so many people at once down in that old port because if something happens and there's a tsunami or there's an earthquake, we can't rescue people. And we're dealing with Santorini, a volcano that can rupture, but also the Colombo underwater volcano. And also there could be a bigger earthquake like it has been in the past. That was the big concern when that earthquake swarm rattled the island. And imagine, like weeks and weeks, and we still see earthquakes, by the way, it hasn't ended completely. And they were in the high ranges, a lot of magnitude 5, a lot of magnitude 4, lots of 3 and 2 and 1, and a lot of the micro seismic range that only AI could detect. So that's why over 50,000. But the thing is, this volcanic rock on this caldera rim, that comes from past eruptions. This is not like the Alps. It's not solid rocks and even the Alps are crumbling. So, dangerous. It's shaking. It's shaking. It's some cracks are forming. It's still stabilized, but it keeps shaking and it keeps shaking and it keeps shaking until something gives way. And this might only be the first incident. There could be more. So I really hope that now they listen to the experts and they close down these illegal hotels and they really recheck buildings and also that they stop giving out new building permits. So the video that you see, I mean, this is massive. This is not small. And, you know, imagine this happens where we have a lot of hotels building down the cliffs. And the problem is also they're building, there's a home down here and they're building one there and they're basically leaning on each other and putting weight on each other. So if one higher up starts crumbling, it falls on the next one and on the next one. And that is kind of like a domino effect that could happen there. So many people probably still are not aware of the danger when they're posing for selfies on these cliffside pools. I always call them like cliffhanger hotels. It was a large landslide, guys. This was not just some rocks or sand corns coming down the hill. It was in the village of Imero Vigili on the island of Santorini and it happened at 3.30 pm local time. So this is when people are up August 20th and part of that caldera cliff has collapsed and has generated a very dense dust cloud over the area and a large section of that cliff in Imero Vigili has collapsed. And that dust cloud has spread across the caldera rim and the surrounding tourist areas. And it has caused significant disruption on the island. You can imagine people, tourists, they were like, what's happening? Was there an earthquake? Is the volcano erupting? So far, no official reports about casualties, thankfully, were reported. I hope it stays that way. And also we hear from geologists what they've been saying for weeks and months. They said that the slope has been under stress due to intensive construction and over development in recent decades. And Santorini is the money maker for Greece. Over 3.6 million people per year visit the island. So they were building like crazy to accommodate all these people. Cruise ships, land in the port, more people, more people. So the locals are not happy. They say we don't recognize our island anymore. And this is what comes with it as well. So the cliff face lies on inherently unstable volcanic terrain formed by the collapse of the Santorini caldera during the Minoan eruption. That's approximately 3,600 years ago, where also probably the Minoan civilization has been wiped out by this massive eruption and tsunami. So the addition of new structures on the rim has of course further increased the loading on an already, without any development, fragile geologic setting. The image that you see here is a satellite image of Santorini from August 19th, one day before the collapse. So the experts are relating to that seismic, this big, big seismic swarm that happened in January, February. They say it has weakened the rock mass and it has contributed to that slope failure. And again, they've been saying that for six months. And of course, I know it's difficult to declare slopes unstable. Hotels would have to close down. You're losing money. It's tourist season. You don't want to scare the tourists. Because at the beginning it started slow because there were still quite a few earthquakes. People were concerned and then they started coming back. So you don't want to release too many news that your hotel could crash down the slope. But this landslide clearly follows warnings of local geologists, of local building experts, engineers, and international geologists that said the geomorphological instability of Santorini's caldera slopes is highly concerning. They emphasize the urgent need for stricter building regulations to reduce risk to residents and visitors. But also the current buildings need to be inspected and closed down if necessary. And it was earlier in 2025 that the Greek government has allocated 2.5 million euros for the construction of an evacuation route on the island. That's all nice. But, you know, you need to be able to still evacuate and not slide down the cliff while you're swimming in the pool. So they did recognize the hazards that were posed by these earthquakes and the volcanic activity because that earthquake swarm was caused by an underground magma intrusion. But did they really take care enough of the landslides? That's the question. The village of Emero Vigeli has roughly 450 permanent residents, but it is a popular tourist destination because it is so high up. It has an elevated position on the caldera rim and it has beautiful panoramic views of the Aegean Sea. So, so far we don't have really specific information whether local infrastructure was damaged or whether buildings were damaged. They have not confirmed any injuries or any people lost. And they say that the monitoring of that slope and the stability of that slope is still ongoing. I hope they have closed everything down, every access for tourists. I mean the tourists were covered in dust, buildings were covered in dust. Not a nice experience. The experts say that one piece of land was especially impacted by the construction of a new facility. So it seems that construction was going on despite the fact that there were instabilities. So how did they get a building permit? That's the big question. After this earthquake swarm, were the authorities said they would have a closer look? Were their own scientists and geologists and structural engineers gave dire, dire warnings? Geology professors say we are still seeing frequent seismic shaking. And if we have this uncontrolled construction on these steep slopes, that increases the risk of collapses significantly. So the risk remains high for residents and visitors that live especially on the cliff side of these slopes. If you follow my channel, you have seen a lot of videos of landslides. How quickly without a warning the hills start to come down. So there's no way for you to get out. If you're in a cliffside hotel and that slope comes down, there is no way to escape, to react in time. That's the problem. So if you're in Santorini and you see small stuff starting to fall down, get away from the hill. Get away from the hill. That's all I can say to that guys. So I hope you found that interesting. I will follow up with this. I have a Santorini playlist in case you are not a subscriber of the channel and you haven't seen what had happened on Santorini. A lot has happened and is still happening. Leave this video a like guys, if you can. Share it with your friends. 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