It's 9th July of 1956 and the time is 05:11. An earthquake of 7.5 degrees in the Richter scale leaves Santorini in a devastating state. 12 minutes later an aftershock of 6.9 Richter terrorize the locals. 35% of the houses are collapsed and 45% suffer severe damages. A tsunami of 25 meters hits the nearby islands and breaks many boats in ports all over aegean sea including Crete. 53 fatalities and 100 injured added in the final sum of the disaster that nature brought upon Santorini to show its power over people. That was the largest earthquake in Europe in the 20th century.
Photo taken at Santorini
26 comments
Comment by cpc.47
cpc.47 July 10, 2017 at 06:22
Interesting
Comment by svetlanamur4
svetlanamur4 July 10, 2017 at 06:26
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 06:27
@cpc.47 @giota_karatasi @svetlanamur4
Comment by yantsib
yantsib July 10, 2017 at 06:32
Comment by moni__em
moni__em July 10, 2017 at 06:56
Magnifica e che mare
Comment by yioulacharalambous
yioulacharalambous July 10, 2017 at 07:39
@giannis.82
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 08:30
@yantsib @moni__emme @thanosvimas @yioulacharalambous @afroditi___papafragou__ @olgaeleni93146
Comment by lukafly
lukafly July 10, 2017 at 08:36
#nice place #deepblue beautiful pic
Comment by lida_leo_raf
lida_leo_raf July 10, 2017 at 09:13
Comment by georgia_tonti
georgia_tonti July 10, 2017 at 09:22
Πόσο περισσότερη Ελλάδα να χωρέσει σε μια φωτογραφία
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 10:05
@georgia_frantzi_tonti
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 10:05
@so.sarafoudi @lida_leo_raf @lukafly
Comment by sfakianakigianna
sfakianakigianna July 10, 2017 at 11:19
@giannis.82
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 11:38
@sfakianakigianna
Comment by thebalsha
thebalsha July 10, 2017 at 11:44
Δεν ήξερα γι ‘αυτό
Comment by sotirisntls
sotirisntls July 10, 2017 at 12:48
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 14:14
@thebalsha @sotiris_ntls @ggfra_soul
Comment by ivanasataric
ivanasataric July 10, 2017 at 14:36
As always, great caption and amazing photo
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 14:45
@ivanasataric ty
Comment by cemil7705
cemil7705 July 10, 2017 at 16:23
Harika
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 10, 2017 at 22:04
@cemil7705
Comment by liliarapti
liliarapti July 11, 2017 at 23:13
…ενα ομορφο αφιεφωμα στην Σαντορινη!!!!!!!!!
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 12, 2017 at 06:45
@frankandanais @roulakwn ty
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 12, 2017 at 06:45
@liliarapti
Comment by katerina.jeik
katerina.jeik July 12, 2017 at 09:21
Παραμυθενια η Σαντορινη! Αλλα Φοβερο κ το Γαλαζιο Που Κλικαρισες κ Μας Χαρισες!
Comment by traviewler
traviewler July 12, 2017 at 09:38
@katerina.jeik