Geology and Geoenvironment Faculty at Athens University

The island of Kos became the first region of Greece to install electronic signs alerting to a possible tsunami, but a local hotelier association complained the signs are "terrorizing" tourists.

Seismic experts are monitoring the area of Ileia in the Peloponnese following Monday's moderate quake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale, Efthimios Lekkas, head of Greece's Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization and director of the Geology and Geoenvironment Faculty at Athens University, told ANT1 TV on Tuesday.

Local businesspeople on Zakynthos are putting pressure on mayor Pavlos Kolokotsas to allow full access to the famous Navagio (shipwreck) beach on the island's northwestern coast, where a landslide in September last year injured one tourist.

Seven months after the landslide at the iconic Navagio (shipwreck) beach on the Ionian island of Zakynthos which left one tourist injured, a geology expert said Greek authorities are ready to install safety measures to protect visitors from potential danger.