Seismology

Turkey Urged to Ensure Quake Survivors Can Vote in Elections

A woman walks with her suitcases in front of collapsed buildings after a powerful earthquake hit Kahramanmaras, Turkey, 22 March 2023. Photo: EPA-EFE/ERDEM SAHIN

"The fact that displaced people are still unable to vote where they are is nothing more than a deprivation of citizenship," TIHV said in a statement on Wednesday.

Earthquake strikes Ilia region

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake struck the region of Ilia in the Peloponnese on Wednesday morning at 9.45 a.m.

According to the Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter of the quake was at sea and located 14 kilometers southwest of the port town of Kyllini, at a depth of 30 kilometers.

5.2 magnitude earthquake strikes off west coast of Crete

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck off the west coast of Crete on Tuesday evening, the National Observatory of Athens has said.

The epicenter of the quake, which occurred at 6.36 p.m., was in an underwater area 98 kilometers southwest of Kythera.

The focal depth was estimated at 14 kilometers.

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