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Earthquake rattles with 4.6R Symi and Rhodes

An earthquake rattled with 4.6 on the Richter scale the island of Symi in the south-east Aegean Sea on Monday evening. Some seismological institutes reported the magnitude as 4.3 R and some with 4.9 R. The tremor occurred at 18:46 local time and its epicenter was in the sea area …

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Beach in Chania evacuated due to landslide risk after earthquake

An evacuation operation of beach “Glyka Nera” near Sfakia in the south coast of Chania Prefecture  was carried out on Tuesday morning, due to the fear of a landslide, following the strong earthquake on Sunday. Teams of the Port Authority and Police went to the beach and advised the bathers …

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Gorges in Chania shut down also Aug 14; Samaria Gorge maybe longer

Gorges in the Chania Prefecture, Crete, will remain closed to visitors also on Monday, August 14, 2023, local authorities have announced. Deputy Regional Governor of Chania ordered the shutdown of all gorges in the region after the earthquake on Sunday morning. The Samaria Gorge shut down at 11 p.m., immediately …

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Earthquake: Tourist with serious leg injuries in Samaria gorge taken to hospital

The 45-year-old Spanish tourist, who suffered serious leg injuries during a hike in Samaria Gorge after the earthquake in Chania, was rescued and transferred to the local hospital. The man was injured when parts of a rock fell on him following the earthquake that stroke with 4.9 Richter on Sunday …

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Earthquake rattles with 4.2R Amorgos and Santorini islands

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale struck between the islands of Santorini and Amorgos in the central Aegean Sea on Friday morning. The earthquake that rattled both island occurred at 10:49 local time. According to preliminary information by the Athens-based Institute of Geodynamics, the epicenter …

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Earthquake shakes Zakynthos with 4.4 Richter

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 …

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Earthquake shakes with 5.2R Astypalaia and Crete

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, …

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Earthquake measuring 5.2 R occurs off the island of Kithira

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 …

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Tentoglou to auction his “Inappropriate shoes” for the earthquake-hit children in Turkey & Syria

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 …

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Greece’s humanitarian aid for earthquake victims leaves for Turkey, Syria

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 …

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Greece is at no risk from Antakya fault, says top seismologist

The Turkish earthquake fault will not affect areas of Greece, said the country’s top seismologist Efthymios Lekkas, head of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Orhanization (OASP). Speaking to Skai TV on Saturday, Lekkas reassured that the fault line in Antakya can have no effect on Greek territory. “All such comment …

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Greek couple missing under the rubble in Antakya

Α Greek couple has been missing in the earthquake-stricken Antakya, media report late on Thursday. Relatives of the missing couple has reportedly alerted Greece’s diplomatic authorities in Turkey. The couple has dual citizenship and has been missing since the first day of the devastating 7.8 R earthquake early Monday morning. …

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“We could see an earthquake of 8.5R in Greece,” says prof. Synolakis

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 …

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Greece’s EMAK rescues little girl, man from the rubble (video)

In a dramatic operation, EMAK rescuers from the Greek Fire Service managed to free a 6-year-old girl from the rubble of her collapsed home in the Turkish city of Iskenderun in the Hatay province on Tuesday afternoon local time. Using special equipment, the team had opened a 7-meter-deep passage to …

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Turkey’s earthquake will not affect Greece, says leading seismologist

“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,” …

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