A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter scale occurred at 9:07 pm in the sea between the islands of Crete and Karpathos in South Greece. According to first information, the epicenter was in the sea 108 km east of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, and 54 km south-east of the island of Karpathos.
The earthquake occurred at ta depth of 10 km in the sea.
There are no immediate reports of injuries or material damages on the two islands.
The earthquake was reportedly felt also on the islands of Rhodes and Kassos.
Apparently it was also felt in Northern Egypt.
Did you feel it?
scary 10 aftershocks
around 4-5R right?
I saw no damage as I walked my dog around Agios Nikolaos this morning. We’re on a yacht in the marina and we didn’t feel it at all, though we never feel earthquakes on a boat. Lots of our land-based friends were quite frightened, which says something about how severe it was. We get a lot of minor earthquakes here so the locals are pretty much used to the odd tremor. It seems this was a big one. Fortunately there was no tsunami otherwise we’d have been in trouble!
no tsunami. I think by 6R wave may be 15-20cm high or something.