Greece

The source of the strange booming sound plaguing residents of the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki was finally located on Tuesday. Nearly every night since December, residents of the city have been jolted awake by the banging noise they describe...

Greek seismologists stated on Monday that they had been were expecting an earthquake on Crete, but were stunned by its magnitude, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, which left houses ruined, rocks lying on roads and one person dead...

Greek authorities on Sunday gave the green light to the reopening of the stunningly beautiful beach of Navagio on Zakynthos after the introduction of new security measures, following last summer’s rockfall. The new security measures were worked out by Efthimios...

Local businessmen from the Ionian island of Zante (Zakynthos) are demanding the full reopening of the iconic Navagio Beach, which has remained closed since last year over safety concerns. Pavlos Kolokotsas, the mayor of the island, is under increasing pressure from...

A plan to manage visitor safety will be put into place for Greece's iconic Navagio Beach on the island of Zante in response to last summer's landslide which occurred on the beach. Efthimios Lekkas, the president Greece's Geology and Geo-environmental Department,...

Greece’s average temperatures during the summer months have risen by more than four degrees Celsius in a period of 100 years, according to Professor of Geology Christos Zerefos, head of the Research Center for Atmospheric Physics & Climatology of...

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake hit 22 km (13.6 miles) southwest of Patra in western Greece early on Tuesday. There were no immediate reports of damage. Professor of Geology at the University of Athens, Efthimios Lekkas, said that the quake hit at...

A strong earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit central Greece on Friday morning at 10:12 local time. There has been no immediate reports of injuries or damage. The focal point of the quake was near Lake Plastiras, west...

Eighteen minor tremors of up to 2.8 on the Richter scale have been recorded since early Tuesday morning, along the eastern Attica coastline between Rafina and Nea Makri. "It is a swarm of tremors. We are monitoring the phenomenon. Historically,...

A prominent Greek geologist warned that the Agioi Anargyri village in western Macedonia; which was hit by a landslide last June caused from works at the nearby mine, “should be evacuated immediately". Professor of Applied Geology at the University of...

Another earthquake, the third in a row, shook the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos on Monday at 1:45p.m. According to the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, which issued an announcement on behalf of the four bodies making up the National...

A light earthquake measuring 4.4 on the Richter scale was recorded at 9.58 on Thursday at the region of Amfikleia, central Greece. According to the Geodynamics Institute, the quake's epicenter was located 115 km northwest of Athens. The tremor was also...

The Greek island of Kefalonia is struggling to heal its wounds after the latest earthquake which struck the island once again early on Monday. The mayor of Kefalonia said that emergency shelters will be necessary for people who were left...

Many residents of Western Greece experienced a unique and incredible phenomenon at 9pm yesterday evening. Meteorologists spoke of a meteorite that was to fall in the Ionia sea. The phenomenon was particularly noticed from the residents of Zante in the...

According to European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, a strong earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 on the Richter scale, with a focal depth of 10 km, hit at 20.00 p.m. in the island of Euboea. The earthquake occurred in the area Taxiarches,...