This is the horrifying moment that a massive landslide crashed into the sea in Santorini and engulfed a village with dust as tourists watched on, just six months after the holiday island was rattled by earthquakes.
A huge section of land suddenly gave way in the clifftop village of Imerovigli on Sunday afternoon after intense construction activity made the ground unstable.
It comes just months after the paradisal island was shook by more than 20,000 earthquakes between January 26 and February 22 earlier this year.
The country declared a month-long state of emergency as earthquakes struck the volcanic island every ten minutes, causing around 11,000 - more than half Santorini’s population - to flee.
The combination of seismic activity and overbuilding have been suggested as potential causes for the recent landslide - with overdevelopment transforming fragile soil into hollow ground.
