A state of emergency has been declared on the island of Amorgos in the Aegean, as a string of earthquakes continues to rattle the region.

Authorities have declared a state of emergency on a second Greek island as a series of earthquakes continued to rattle the south-eastern Aegean Sea region.

Amorgos: Emergency declared on a second Greek island as a string of earthquakes persists - A series of earthquakes continues to rattle the south-eastern Aegean Sea region

Seismologists have noted that the epicentre of the earthquakes is steadily drifting northward in the direction of Amorgos.

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 University of Athens’ crisis management committee said Tuesday,