An earthquake with magnitude 4.5 on the Richter scale occurred at 11:10 on Thursday morning. Epicenter was the beach of Marathokampos in the south of the island of Samos in the Eastern Aegean Sea.
The earthquake had a debt of 10 km.
Two hours earlier, at 9:44 a tremor with magnitude 3.3R occurred in the west of the island.
The two earthquakes were felt not only on Samos but also in the neighboring areas, including the West coast of Turkey.
Map of the testimonies received so far following the #earthquake M4.4 in Dodecanese Islands, Greece 47 min ago pic.twitter.com/ovhdTbtcoS
— EMSC (@LastQuake) July 26, 2018
Eyewitnesses were really fast to launch LastQuake app (orange dots) after ground shaking. Earthquake (star) 6 min ago pic.twitter.com/Dzau4Dcwyb
— EMSC (@LastQuake) July 26, 2018
So far no injuries or damages have been recorded.
Seismologists closely follow the seismic activity.
