Earthquake

An earthquake shook Greece last night and was felt in Athens, but there were no reports of injuries or serious damages, according to the Greek authorities, Reuters reported.

The earthquake of magnitude 4.1 was recorded at 20.50 in Greenwich, 29 kilometers northeast of Athens, according to the Institute of Geodynamics.

Seismologists were reassuring on Wednesday about a moderate earthquake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, which hit the capital late on Tuesday night. 

Seismologist Efthymis Lekkas told Kathimerini that the quake was not of immediate cause for concern but that experts were monitoring seismic activity in the area. 

Thirteen people were injured in an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, registered in the southeast Turkish district of Adayaman during the night. The earthquake has caused many material damage, Turkish CNN-Turk reported.

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale was registered in Greece last night. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the Aegean Sea, 95 kilometers southeast of Thessaloniki.

The National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography (NIGGG) said the earthquake was not felt in Bulgaria.

An earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale was registered in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr, there is a nuclear power plant nearby, Reuters reported, referring to state television.

Two people were killed and more than 20 were injured after an earthquake in the Indonesian province of Central Java, the BNR reported quoting TASS.

Although the earthquake has a magnitude of 4.4, there are hundreds of destroyed houses, schools and mosques.

More than 2,000 people were forced to evacuate in special centers.

A mild earthquake was registered in Sliven, said Slajana Kaneva, Head of the Public Order, Crisis Management and Mobile Mobilization Training Department in Sliven Municipality, BTA.
 
According to data from the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, the earthquake with magnitude 2.8 on the Richter was registered at about 20:00 last night.
 

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale was registered last night in the area of ​​the Greek Dodekanisos Archipelago, which is located near the Turkish coast. The epicenter of the earthquake was between the islands of Astypalea and Amorgos, 260 km southwest of Athens.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale was registered in central Italy at 5:11 local time, according to data from the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, quoted by FOCUS News Agency. The epicenter of the quake was 138 km north of the capital Rome and 53 km east of Perugia.

No victims, injured or material damage have been reported so far.

An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale occurred at 3:14 hrs on Tuesday morning in Buzau County, Vrancea seismic area, according to the National Research-Development for Earth Physics Institute (INFP).