A powerful earthquake occurred on Tuesday at 4:16 pm with the epicentre located in the sea, 44 km south-east off the island of Limnos in the Aegean Sea. Seismologic institutes gave the magnitude as 5.8 on the Richter scale. The earthquake occurred in a depth of 11 km.
The tremor was felt in 246-km away Athens, it shook the whole of Northern Greece. It was also felt on the coast of Turkey but also in Bulgaria, according to Greek media report.
No damages have been reported so far.
39.659°N 25.567°E depth=9.9km (6.1mi)
Nearby Cities
- 47km (29mi) WSW of Bozcaada, Turkey
- 67km (42mi) WSW of Ezine, Turkey
- 80km (50mi) NW of Mitilini, Greece
- 89km (55mi) SW of Canakkale, Turkey
- 246km (153mi) NE of Athens, Greece
What next? A storm of millions of flaming chickens falling to earth?
an earthquake is a topic of general interest.
That is not what I meant.
Snow, earthquakes, EU, Trokia…
I’d rather suffer the flaming chickens, specially if I had some salt, pepper seasoning and a bag of lemons. Mmmmmm….
flaming chikens without oregano and sage are meaningless.
sorry for getting you wrong.