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Samos hit by 4.9 temblor
The eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 4.9 magnitude quake on Saturday, as reported by the Geodynamic Institute in Athens. No injuries or damage were reported.
The epicenter was in the sea area approximately 25 km north-northwest of Vathy, the island capital, with a focal depth estimated at around 12.9 km.
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Samos: Coastal and Scenic Villages amidst Flourishing Nature
In North Aegean Samos, enchanting coastal towns and picturesque villages blend history and nature into one captivating experience
Coast guard rescues 27 migrants from islet off Samos
Coast guard officials on Samos have picked up 27 migrants who were stranded on a rocky islet northeast of the eastern Aegean island.
Upon receiving information that the migrants were on Aghios Nikolaos, a coast guard vessel approached the islet and located the group.
Greek authorities conduct search and rescue operation after dinghy carrying migrants capsizes
Greek authorities conducted a search and rescue operation Friday off the coast of a small islet in the eastern Aegean Sea near the Turkish coast after a dinghy carrying migrants to Greece capsized, the coast guard said.
Greek islands have less air pollution than mainland
Migrant flows increasing at alarming rate
The number of migrant arrivals has increased in recent months for the first time in three years, so much so that although there were 4,881 persons staying at Reception and Identification Centers on the Greek islands in January, that number had more than doubled to 9,137 by the beginning of September.
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Migrants found on boat off Samos
The Coast Guard has said it rescued 25 undocumented migrants from a dinghy north of Samos island, near the islet of Prasonissi.
The foreign nationals (17 men, 4 women, 3 boys and a girl) are said to be well and were safely transferred to Malgari port, Samos.
They were subsequently transferred to a reception center for asylum-seekers. [AMNA]
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Two earthquakes shake Samos island
Two earthquakes were reported off the island of Samos in the eastern Aegean, just minutes apart, on Monday morning, according to data from the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
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Greek authorities report hundreds of migrant arrivals on islands over the past three days
More than 300 migrants have arrived on Greek islands, most near the Turkish coast, over the past three days in separate incidents reported by the coast guard.
On Thursday, the coast guard said authorities had found 107 people the previous day on the islands of Samos, Mykonos and the tiny island of Ro, which lies in the Mediterranean off the southern coast of Turkey.
3.7 magnitude earthquake strikes Samos
The eastern Aegean island of Samos was jolted by a 3.7 magnitude earthquake on Monday morning, as reported by the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The earthquake, which occurred at 7.57 a.m., had its epicenter situated in the sea area 25 kilometers north-northwest of Vathy, the capital of the island.
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