The Greek island of Santorini was struck by the latest in a string of earthquakes Tuesday, this time a 4.8 temblor. The government said it will backstop the island destination's tourist industry.

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 threat of a more major earthquake seems to have subsided on the most visited of the Greek islands but experts disagree on the origin of the tremors that have caused 11,000 of the 15,000 permanent residents to flee.

Santorini rocked by strongest earthquake yet after thousands evacuate holiday island - The popular tourist island has been rocked by hundreds of small tremors in recent days

Greece has declared a state of emergency on Santorini after hundreds of undersea earthquakes shook the resort island for nearly a week.

NBC News’ Matt Bradley reports on the aftermath and public response to several days of near constant earthquakes around the tourist hotspot of Santorini, Greece.

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Earthquakes are still rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes as authorities bolster their emergency plans in case the hundreds of temblors in recent days are a harbinger of a larger quake to come.