A strong earthquake jolted with a magnitude of 5.2 on the Richter scale the island of Kythera, south of Peloponnese, on Wednesday morning. So far, there have been no reports of injuries or material damage.
Red line marks the big fault line in the south Aegean and the Ionian Sea.
The earthquake was felt in Kalamata, Chania, Heraklio as well as in several areas of Attica.
Head of the Greek Earthquake Planning and Protection Authority (OASP), Efthimios Lekkas, appeared reassuring saying that this earthquake does not cause concern due to its big focal depth. Speaking to Skai FM, Lekkas ruled out the possibility of a bigger tremor.
At 9:52 a.m. a tremor of 3.3 R occurred 5 km south of Kalamata.
