An earthquake with 5.1 magnitude on the Richter scale hit the south coast of the island of Crete near the town of Moires, the Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics has announced. Minor material damages, but no injuries have been reported. The earthquake occurred at 9.59 p.m. local time Thursday at a …

A moderate earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale struck the island of Zakynthos at 7:53 on Monday morning. The epicenter of the earthquake was in the sea area 78 kilometers west-southwest of Zakynthos Its focal depth was recorded at 8.5 kilometers. No injuries or damages have been reported. Head …

Α strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter occurred in the sea area 25 kilometers south of the island of Astypalaia in the south Aegean Sea. Some seismology institutes give the magnitude also as 5.1R, 5.3R and 5.5. R The earthquake occurred at 11 o’ clock Wednesday night, April 26, …

Famous “Earthquake Diplomacy” between Greece and Turkey did not last long – as not otherwise expected. Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu brought back on the agenda the Turkish claims questioning the Greek sovereignty over islands in the Aegean Sea. In an interview on Monday, the Turkish FM said that there are …

Greek National Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos visited earthquake-stricken areas in Turkey on Tuesday, after an invitation by his Turkish counterpart Hulusi Akar. At the country’s Disaster & Crisis Coordination & Management Center in Antakya (Antioch), Akar briefed the Greek minister on latest developments and the current situation. The two ministers …

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale occured at 18:36 on Tuesday, in the sea 118.5 km off the north-western of the island of Kithira in southern Greece. According to some international seismological institutes the earthquake was measuring 5.6 R. The earthquake had a focal depth of 10km. No …

Turkish Ambassador to Athens Cagatay Erciyes visited the headquarters of Greece’s EMAK disaster response team in a gesture of gratitude for its assistance in the aftermath of February’s disastrous earthquake, the embassy said in a tweet Monday. The embassy said that the Turkish envoy, who was accompanied by Climate Crisis …

Images of shame at the center of donations collection for the earthquake victims in Turkey and Syria. Clothes, baby diapers and baby milk lay like in a garbage dump outside the Logistics Center of the Attica Region on Saturday. It was photographer Giorgos Moutafis, who captured these picture of shame …

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has submitted a six-point proposal to Greece with the aim to improve the bilateral relations following the earthquake disaster and Greece’s assistance and solidarity. The submitted plan was revealed by PM Mitsotakis’ Diplomatic Office Director media reported. Speaking to Greek journalists on Saturday, Cavusoglu praised …

Greece’s long jumper and Olympic gold medalist Miltos Tentoglou will auction his “inappropriate shoes” that had cancelled his 8.40m long jump. The money from the auction will be donated for the children victims of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria. The auction was proposed by his trainer Giorgos Pomaski and …

The first ship carrying humanitarian aid for earthquake victims is departing from Keratsini port to Iskenderun (Alexandretta) port in Turkey early Wednesday afternoon. An airplane is scheduled to bring humanitarian aid to victims in Syria on Thursday.. The ship will transport five trucks with material strictly requested by Turkey such …

Τurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu spoke of a “new page” in relations between Ankara and Athens, following the devastating earthquake and the prompt assistance by Greece. Speaking during a press conference in Ankara with visiting Israeli counterpart Eli Cohen, Cavusoglu sent a message of normalization of Turkey’s relations with the …

Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu fell in the arms of his Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias upon the latter’s arrival in earthquake-stricken Turkey early Sunday morning. The two foreign ministers had a brief meeting in a lounge at the airport of Adana and then boarded helicopters bound for the earthquake-affected areas …

Professor of Civil engineering specialized in Natural Disasters, Constantinos Synolakis, made a nightmarish prediction on Thursday saying that there may be a mega-earthquake of even  8.5 Richter in Greece. Speaking to Mega TV, Synolakis noted that such mega-earthquakes occur every 600 years citing the example of the earthquake in Crete …

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis expressed his sadness over the devastating earthquakes in Turkey in a phone call to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday. The Greek premier also conveyed the support and condolences of the government and the Greek people for the loss of human lives. Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s …

“We still don’t know if the 7.7 Richter earthquake that hit southern Turkey on Monday morning was the main one,” professor and president of the Greek Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, Efthymios Lekkas, told the state-run news agency amna. “It’s a very big earthquake and its consequences will be multiple,” …

Greece is sending special search and rescue forces to Turkey after a 7.8 Richter earthquake devastated large areas in the South-East and North Syria, having trapped thousands of people in the debris early Monday morning. Greece is one of the first countries to respond to turkey’s appeal for help and …

Greece’s Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens corrected the magnitude of the earthquake off the island of Rhodes to 5.9 on the richter scale, from 5.7R initially. The earthquake recorded at 14:37 in the sea southeast of Lindos on Rhodes raised concern among the residents but no damages …

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Lesvos on Tuesday morning, sending locals to the streets and raising concern among seismologists. The Civil Protection of the Municipality of Western Lesvos advised citizens to avoid unnecessary road travel, especially in the network of Lepetymnos, Argenos, Skamias, …

Two earthquakes with magnitude 4.9 and 4.7 on the Richter scale and some 15 aftershocks have been rattling the island of Lesvos since the early morning hours of Saturday, January 7, 2023. Minor damages in houses and rock-slides. The seismic activity has caused minor damages in at least five house …