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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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Earthquake rattles with 5.9R Rhodes, Aegean islands

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 …

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Earthquakes rattle the island of Lesvos; minor damages

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 …

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Earthquake hits with 5.1R Evia, wildly shakes Athens

An earthquake initially measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale rattled not only the epicenter area in Evia but also Greek capital Athens at 2:24 on Wednesday afternoon. Some seismological institutes gave the magnitude as 4.7 and 4.9 R. The epicenter of the earthquake was 5 km east of Psahna in …

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Earthquake in Evia rattles also Athens

A moderate earthquake in Evia was felt also in 57km away Athens late Wednesday afternoon. Several seismological institutes report different magnitudes ranging from 4.3 to 4.4 and 4.7 maximum on the Richter scale. The earthquake occurred at 5:28 p.m. on December 14, 2022. Its epicenter  was 7 km North-East of …

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Earthquakes rattle Evia and the Dodecanese

Two earthquakes, moderate this time, rattled the island of Evia again on Saturday and despite the low magnitude they were felt in Greek capital Athens as well. A 3.9 R earthquake occurred at 12;35 p.m. and was followed by another tremor of 3.8 R magnitude six minutes later. Both earthquakes …

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