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.

Hundreds more people were expected to leave Greece's Santorini island on Wednesday as tremors shook the popular summer tourist destination for a sixth day. About 10,000 people have left on ferries and planes in recent days as hundreds of small quakes were registered in the surrounding sea,

An earthquake has hit Greece after days of tremors in the country. The strong quake measured 5.2 magnitude and was recorded between the islands of Amorgos and Santorini. It occurred after two smaller tremors, and recorded at 9.09pm local time (7.09pm GMT). It is thought to have happened at a depth of 5km.