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Quakes off Crete, Kasos
Two earthquakes, each with a magnitude of 4.1, were recorded between the southeast Aegean island of Kasos and Crete on Thursday morning.
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Moderate tremor shakes Samos
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 shook the eastern Aegean island of Samos on Thursday. No damage or injuries were immediately reported.
Athens' Geodynamic Institute said the undersea quake had an epicentre 15 kilometers northwest of the island, near the epicentre of the deadly quake on October 30, 2020, when two people died.
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Quake of 4.9 Richter hits off northeast Crete
An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rattled the Aegean islands of Crete and Karpathos on Thursday afternoon. There are no preliminary reports of injuries or damages.
The quake struck at 3.36 p.m., 48 kilometers off the northeastern coast of Crete's Siteia region, in the sea area between Crete and Karpathos, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
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Moderate quake in Ionian Sea
A moderate quake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, occurred in the Ionian Sea off the Strofades islets shortly before 6.30 a.m. on Wednesday, according to the National Observatory of Athens' Geodynamic Institute.
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Two moderate quakes in seas off Greek islands
Seismologists reported two moderate quakes on Wednesday, though there were no reports of any injuries or damage.
The first temblor, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, struck the seabed off the island of Kastellorizo at 8.20 a.m., according to the National Observatory of Athens' Geodynamic Institute.
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Moderate undersea quake rattles Kastellorizo
A mild earthquake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, struck the sea bed off the island of Kastellorizo on Wednesday morning, according to the National Observatory of Athens' Geodynamic Institute.
No damage or injuries were reported.
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4.5-magnitude quake hits off Crete
A magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck 87 kilometers south of Ierapetra on the island of Crete on Wednesday at 4.09 a.m., according to the National Observatory of Athens' Geodynamic Institute.
The US Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake had a magnitude of 5 and occurred at a depth of 13.97 kilometers.
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Moderate quake shakes central Greece
A tremor measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale shook the region of Karditsa, central Greece, on Thursday morning, based on a preliminary reading by Athens' Geodynamic Institute.
The epicenter of the earthquake, recorded at 11.24 a.m. was located 24 kilometres from Neohori and 42 kilometres northwest of Karpenisi, at a depth of just nine kilometres.
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Moderate tremor strikes in southeast Aegean
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the area south of the Greek islands of Rhodes and Karpathos, in the southeastern Aegean on Thursday afternoon, according to a preliminary reading of the Athens' Geodynamic Institute.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center give a slightly lower reading of 5.7.
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Light quake hits north of Iraklio, Crete
A light earthquake was felt in the city of Iraklio on Crete on Tuesday afternoon, without any injuries or damages being reported.
Athens' Geodynamic Institute put the tremor's magnitude at 4.1 Richter, with the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center giving a slightly higher reading of 4.2.
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