April 1, 2019
Earthquake
The 5.3 R tremor that stroke Galaxidi on Sunday was not the major earthquake. This is the estimation of seismologist Akis Tselentis, director of the Geo-Dynamic Institute of Athens, Speaking to RadioGamma FM of Patras, Tselentis said that the post-seismic activity was not normal and therefore he estimates that the …
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March 30, 2019
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 5.3R occurred at 12:48 Saturday noon with its epicenter in Galaxidi at the Gulf of Corinth. Although of moderate power, the earthquake was felt almost in half Greece as well as in Athens, 130 km East from the epicenter. The epicenter was 8 km West-South-West from the …
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February 7, 2019
Earthquake
A fierce war has broken out among Greek seismologists after one of them told a private television station that an earthquake measuring over 6 R could occur in the next two months. It was on Tuesday, when the director of the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, Akis Tselentis, told ANT1 that …
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February 5, 2019
Earthquake
Power cuts in several parts of the city of Preveza have taken place, hours after an earthquake measuring 5.2R stroke at 4:26 a.m. on Tuesday. The people jumped out of their beds, items fell down in households and shops. The tremor reportedly caused cracks in some old houses, while plaster …
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February 1, 2019
Earthquake
Two earthquakes within three minutes rattled the island of Karpathos in the South Aegean Sea Friday noon. The tremors occurred hours after another earthquake had stroke the island of Zakynthos in the Ionian. The first earthquake stroke Karpathos with 4.1R at 12:29. Three minutes later, at 12:32, the second one …
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January 24, 2019
Earthquake
An earthquake measuring 5.4 R stroke the island of Rhodes and surrounding areas at 4:30 Thursday afternoon, January 24th 2019. Please, note that several seismologic institutes give different magnitude from 5R to 5.5R. The Greek Geo-dynamic Institute gives the magnitude with 5.4R. The epicenter of the tremor was in the …
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October 30, 2018
Earthquake
Strong aftershocks have been jolting the island of Zakynthos in the last hours. An earthquake measuring 5.3 on Richter scale occurred early Tuesday morning. The powerful tremor occurred at 4:59 a.m. and it epicenter was 48 km South-West of the island. The earthquake followed a tremor of 4.1R that occurred …
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October 26, 2018
Earthquake
The powerful earthquake that hit the island of Zakynthos with 6.8R in the early morning hours of Friday had surprisingly few damages. Despite its force, there were no casualties and “no injuries” as the mayor told media Friday noon, several hours after the earthquake. Some old uninhabited houses and buildings …
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October 26, 2018
Earthquake
A powerful earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale hit the island of Zakynthos early Friday morning. The earthquake stroke at 1:54 a.m. with its epicenter located 34 km South-West of the island in the Ionian Sea. It occurred at a depth of 10km. It is the biggest earthquake occurred …
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August 31, 2018
Earthquake
An earthquake with 5.2 R rattled Central Greece and had residents rushing out of their homes on Friday morning. The earthquake occurred at 10:12 a.m. on 31. August 2018. Its epicenter is located in Argithea, especially in the triangle of Drakotrypa – Pefkofyto-Oxya. in the mountain area West of Lake …
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July 26, 2018
Earthquake, Society
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 …
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July 18, 2018
Earthquake
Three earthquake tremors rattled the Prefecture of Ioannina and some area in Epirus in Western Greece on Wednesday morning. The first earthquake with magnitude 4.2 R occurred at 09:49 a.m. with epicenter 13km North-West of the city of Ioannina in the area between Kalpaki and Zitsa. The earthquake had a …
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June 25, 2018
Earthquake
Three hours after the powerful earthquake off Pylos in South Peloponnese, another tremor stroke Thessaloniki, in the North of the country. The Earthquake had a magnitude of 4.2 R and its epicenter was located between villages Askos and Evaggelismos, 30 km North-East of Thessaloniki. The earthquake occurred at 11:21 a.m. …
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June 25, 2018
Earthquake
A powerful earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale stroke in the sea area off Pylos in South-West Peloponnese at 08:15 on Monday morning, June 25, 2018. The epicenter is located 34 km South-West of Pylos, 28km SW of Methoni 75 km West of Kalamata and 170 km South of …
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June 5, 2018
Earthquake
An earthquake with magnitude 4.6 on the Richer scale occurred at 11:52 Tuesday morning, June 5 2018, in South Peloponnese.e The epicenter was in the sea of the Gulf of Lakonia, 35 km West of Neapoli and 21 km South of Gytheio. Due to low depth at 5 km, the …
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May 2, 2018
Earthquake
An earthquake occurred ten minutes before Tuesday midnight 29 km North-East of Athens. Despite the moderate magnitude the tremor was felt all over the Attica prefecture due to a low depth. Initial measurements gave the magnitude as 3.8 R, it was later corrected to 4.2 and finally to 4.1 R. …
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April 10, 2018
Earthquake, Society
An earthquake measuring 4.7 on Richer scale stroke the South Aegean Sea at 06:56 p.m. on Tuesday and rattled the islands of the Cyclades group and the Dodecanese. The epicenter was in the sea area 21 km North-West off the island of Astypalaia and South-East off the island of Amorgos. …
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February 22, 2018
Earthquake
Greece is showing an intense seismic activity on Thursday with four earthquakes to have struck Zakynthos, Crete, Patras and Sporades in less than ten hours. The tremors caused concern among locals, however, Greek seismologists appear reassuring. The first tremor occurred at 1:45 Thursday morning with a magnitude of 4.8 R. …
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January 16, 2018
Earthquake
Fifteen aftershocks measuring from 1.3 to 2.9 on the Richter scale occurred in the area of Stamata in North-East Athens in the next twelve hours, after the 4.5R that stroke short after 10 p.m. with a powerful tremor due to the focal depth of just 5 km. The earthquake does …
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January 15, 2018
Earthquake
A strong earthquake stoke Greek capital Athens a few minutes after 10:00 p.m. Monday. The tremor was powerful and of some duration and caused concern among residents of Athens and the suburbs. Preliminary estimations refer to 4.5 R. The epicenter of the earthquake was 28 km North-East of the Greek …
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