An earthquake measuring 4.8 on Richter scale hit the island of Crete short after noon on Saturday, The epicenter was 8 km East of Sitia in the East of the island and was particularity felt also in Agios Nikolaos but in Heraklio as well. The focal depth was 20.5 kilometers. …

An earthquake hit with 4.8 Richter the island of Karpathos early Friday evening. Its epicenter was in the maritime area, 39km North-West of the island. The focal depth of the tremor that stroke at 6:02 p.m. was 12.6 km. The tremor was strong and was felt also on the islands …

Several earthquakes have shaken North Peloponnese, the island of Crete and West Macedonia in the last 24 hours with seismologists to closely monitor the seismic activity. With the highest magnitude to be 4.6 on the Richter scale, two earthquakes occurred in the sea area between eastern Crete and Kasos. The …

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale occurred between the islands of Crete and Karpathos two minutes before Tuesday, December 10, 2019. Its epicenter was in the sea area East of Crete, 40 km away from Sitia, 75 km from Agios Nikolaos and 123 km from Heraklio. It was …

A strong earthquake with 4.6 R magnitude and following aftershocks rattled Chania and the western Crete on Friday. The tremor of 4.6R stroke at 10:45 Friday morning. Its epicenter being in the sea area 28 km South-West of Sfakia. Its focal depth was at 8.5 km. The tremor was particularly …

An earthquake measuring 6.1 R stroke in the sea area between the islands of Crete and Kythera at 9:23 a.m. on Wednesday. No tsunami risk, say Greek seismologists. The tremor was so powerful that it was felt also in half of Greece, including the far away mainland. Preliminary reports about …

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale rattled the island of Crete on Tuesday afternoon. Τhe Greek Geodynamics Institute gives the tremor magnitude as 4.1 R, other international institutes as 4.2R The earthquake occurred short after 3:00 p.m. with its epicenter to be located in the sea area, 38 …

A strong earthquake measuring 5 on Richter scale rattled the island of Crete on Tuesday morning. The earthquake occurred at 10:48 .a.m. Its epicenter was in the sea area of south Crete, some 68 km off Makris Gialos in the Prefecture of Lasithi. Its focal depth was 15.5 km. According …

A moderate earthquake struck with magnitude 4.8 R the sea area North off the island of Crete at 10:58 a.m. on Monday morning. According to Geodynamics Institute, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 68km off Agios Nikolaos in East Crete. It occurred in a depth of 55 km. No …

A strong earthquake rattled with magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale the island of Crete at 07:39 early Wednesday morning. According to the Athens Geodetic Institute’s automatic solution, the epicenter of the earthquake was located 31 km South-West of Heraklion in Central Crete and its depth was at approximately 70 …

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. …

The prosecutor of Herakleio, Crete, launched a criminal investigation and assigned the Department of  Electronic crime at Greek Police to urgently investigate the alleged claims that a very strong earthquake of 9.5 R would strike the island of Crete in August. At first stage, the Electronic Crimes Department will seek …

Chairman of Greek Earthquake Planning and Protection Agency, Efthimios Lekkas, categorically dismiss a hoax article that an earthquake of 9.5R was going to strike the island of Crete in August. In an interview with Real FM on Sunday morning, Lekkas spoke of a criminal offense and a despicable article that …

A total of seven people, Greeks and tourists of several nationalities have been flown to hospitals in Athens and on the island of Crete. The air transfer of four people seriously injured when the earthquake stroke the island of Kos concluded early Friday morning. Four of the seriously injured have …

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.2 on Richter scale occurred at 9:07 pm in the sea between the islands of Crete and Karpathos in South Greece. According to first information, the epicenter was in the sea 108 km east of Agios Nikolaos, Crete, and 54 km south-east of the island of …

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted the Western of Crete on Saturday afternoon. The earthquake occurred at 4:11 p.m. on Saturday in the sea area 63 km western of Chania and 23 km below the sea surface. According to  Greek  Geodynamic Institute, the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3R, …

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale jolted Crete at 2:46 p.m. on Saturday. The epicenter was in the sea 57 km south of Agia Galini and 10 km south-east of Gavdos island. The depth is estimated to be 27 km. The earthquake lasted several seconds. No injuries or …

A new earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale occurred  in the sea area between the islands of Crete and Santorini. The earthquake occurred at 12.50 pm on Saturday and had the same epicentre as the two previous earthquakes that jolted Crete with 5.2R on Thursday and Friday. No injuries …

A strong earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale occurred in the sea area off the island of Crete, the second within the last 24 hours. The earthquake occurred at 03.33 am in the sea area 83 km off Iraklio, 247 km South-Southeast of Greece’s capital Athens. In the same area where an …

An Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale occurred in the sea off Crete on Friday afternoon. The tremor was strongly felt in Heraklion and other areas of Crete, in the island of Casos and  Milos in the south of the Aegean Sea, in Pelononnese, but also in some areas …