Earthquake

The professor of Natural Disaster Management at the University of Athens (EKPA) Efthimios Lekkas appeared reassuring about the 4.5 magnitude earthquake on Monday night in Evia.

A 4.5 magnitude earthquake occurred on Monday in northern Evia.

According to the automated solution, the earthquake’s epicenter was located 7 km southeast of the village of Vasilika in Istiaia, with a focal depth of 5 km.

The tremor was strongly felt in northern Evia, even reaching as far as Athens.

In the past 24 hours, Greece has experienced the outbreak of over 20 new fires, despite a recent drop in temperatures. The Civil Defense reported that 23 fires ignited during this period, with some caused by lightning and others attributed to deliberate arson.

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook part of the island of Rhodes, in the southeastern Aegean, on Thursday. No injuries or damages were immediately reported.

The earthquake occurred at 3.19 a.m. and, according to the preliminary reading of the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter was located 26 kilometers off the southwest coast of the island.

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale occurred in the early hours of Thursday morning off Rhodes.

The epicentre of the quake was located 26 kilometres southwest of Katavia and the focal depth was estimated at 28.8 kilometer, according to the revised solution of the Geodynamic Institute.

No damage was reported.

A 3.6-magnitude earthquake occurred on the island of Crete, southern Greece, on Monday, according to an assessment by the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.

No damages were reported.

A weak earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale, according to the automatic solution of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Institute (EMSC), occurred on Monday morning at 07:23 in the South Cretan Sea.

The exact epicenter of the tremor was located 50 km south-southeast of Heraklion, Crete.

Türkiye is set to mark the 25th anniversary of one of its most devastating earthquakes on Aug. 17, a disaster that killed over 17,000 lives across the Marmara Region.

A 4.3-magnitude tremor rattled Crete early Tuesday morning. 

The moderate earthquake was recorded at 4.35 a.m. approximately 23 km off the coast of Iraklio, the Earthquake Research-Institute of Geodynamics reported. 

No damages were reported.

The restoration work in the historical Gaziantep Castle, which was damaged during the Feb. 6, 2023 earthquakes, has been continuing uninterruptedly despite temperatures reaching 40 degrees in the city.

The work on the castle is slated for completion by the end of the year, with plans to reopen it to visitors soon after.