Geology

A 4.3-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Albania on Saturday afternoon, reported Xinhua.

The epicentre of the quake is 17 km southwest of Argirokastro at a depth of 2 km.

A magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit off eastern Papua New Guinea on Saturday, and a tsunami threat was issued for nearby areas. 

The U.S. Geological Survey reported that the temblor hit 132.8 kilometers (82.5 miles) east of Kokopo town at a depth of 103.2 km at 8.51 p.m.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was a threat of tsunami in nearby parts of the Pacific. 

A moderate tremor measuring between 4.3-4.5 on the Richter scale rattled towns and villages in Messinia and Ilia in the southwestern Peloponnese on Friday afternoon.

According to the Geodynamic Institute in Athens, the 4.3-scale earthquake struck off the seaside village of Methoni.

Archaeologists believe they night have detected a second monument at the Casta Hill in Amphipolis, in the Macedonian tomb complex, after the results of geophysical prospecting, carried out by the Applied Geophysics Lab of the Aristotle University of Macedonia, revealed a structure two meters deep on the west side of the hill.

A 4.7 Richter earthquake hit the town of Kilkis, in northern Greece, early on Saturday.

According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the tremor's epicenter was located 18 kilometers west of the town.

Several aftershocks followed the initial tremor, though there were no reports of injuries or damage. 
 

An earthquake with 4.3 magnitude on the Richter scale was registered in Greece and felt in Macedonia and in the region of Southwest Bulgaria, according to correspondent of BGNES.

The earthquake was felt around 10.15 local time (EET) with epicenter 5 km west of Kristoni, Greece, 26 km south of Star Dojran in Macedonia and 162 km southeast of Skopje, at a depth of 10 km.

A powerful earthquake struck hours ago in New Zealand near the city of Christchurch, with strong tremors causing damage to buildings in the capital, Wellington, over 200 kilometers (120 miles) away.

Authorities have issued a tsunami warning, urging people near the coast of the South Island to move to “higher ground.”

An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 struck central New Zealand just after midnight, the U.S. Geological Survey said, causing widespread damage and generating a tsunami. 

A powerful earthquake struck New Zealand's South Island on Nov. 13.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the magnitude-7.8 quake hit just after midnight, some 95 kilometers (59 miles) from Christchurch.

The Civil Defense Ministry has warned people on the east coast of the South Island including the capital Wellington to move to higher ground after they issued a tsunami warning.

A new earthquake rocked Greece on Friday morning at about 06:30 hrs.

The secondary quake was of a 3.7-magnitude near the town of Kilkis in Northern Greece. The depth was about 10 km, reported Nova TV.

On Thursday, a 4.8- magnitude earthquake which hit Northern Greece was felt in Bulgaria as well.