Magnitude

The recent seismic activity in Corinth and on Crete prompted a meeting of the Scientific Committee for Seismic Risk Assessment of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization (OASP) at the suggestion of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection Minister Christos Stylianides. 

Their magnitude did not exceed 2.3

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.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake was registered this morning in Manisa, Western Turkey, Turkish private television station CNN-Turk reported.

According to data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate, the quake was registered at 5.49 am local and Bulgarian time in the area of Kirkagach.

The earthquake was at a depth of seven kilometers below the earth's surface.

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake was recorded on Friday night in Romania's seismic region of Vrancea, BTA reported.

The quake was 113 km deep and its epicentre was 68 km east of Brasov. In December, 14 earthquakes with a magnitude between 2.1 and 3.8 on the Richter scale were recorded in Romania.

188 secondary earthquakes were recorded following the strong earthquake with 5.8 magnitude on the Richter scale that occurred yesterday near Istanbul.

This was reported by Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay, quoted by NTV.

The head of Greece's Geodynamic Institute Akis Tselentis has warned of the prospect of a strong earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale in Athens.

"We must all be prepared," Tselentis said. "We have a beast near us. The Alkionides [islands on the eastern side of the Corinthian Gulf] at some point will groan and woe be unto us. We must be prepared," he stated.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter scale was registered last night in Romania, at 22,23, the BNR reported.

The depth of the earthquake is 120 kilometers, in the Vrancea seismic zone. The Emergency General Inspectorate reported that there was no evidence of material damage.

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.