Magnitude 4.9 earthquake strikes near Trikala

A 4.9-magnitude tremor struck 31 kilometers southwest of the city of Trikala in central Greece on Friday morning, according to a preliminary reading of the Athens Institute of Geodynamics.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre gave a reading of 5.1 for the same tremor.

The earthquake hit shortly after 10 a.m. at a depth of 1.8 kilometers.

There was no initial word on damage or injury resulting from the quake.