Greece

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale has just struck south of the Greek island of Crete. Just after 7:30 PM the temblor shook the ground 19 km (11 miles) southwest of Arvi, on Crete. According to Greece's Geodynamic...

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck an area of the Mediterranean south of the island of Crete on Tuesday morning. The European Mediterranean Seismological Center calculated the strength of the tremor as 5.6 on the Richter scale,...

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, an earthquake which shook  Attica on Thursday afternoon had a strength of 3.5 on the Richter scale. The epicenter of the quake was located 24 km (15 miles) northwest of Athens, 5 kilometers (three miles)...

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale occurred at 18:56 on Tuesday in the Dodecanese, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory. The epicenter of the quake was located in the marine area northwest of Astypalea...

An earthquake measuring 4.2 points on the Richter scale rocked Kyllini, in Peloponnese, at dawn on Monday. According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute the earthquake occurred at 5:34 am and its focal depth was 10 km. No injuries or damages have...

An earthquake measuring 5 points on the Richter scale shook Kalamata on Wednesday morning, bringing memories of the 1986 tremors that killed 22 people. The tremors were felt in Kalamata at 10:17 am, while several towns and villages in southwestern...

An earthquake measuring 5.6 points on the Richter Scale shook the island of Crete at 11:30 am on Wednesday. The earthquake hit the sea area south of the island, but was particularly felt in Crete. There are no reported damages...

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 points on the Richter scale shook the island of Lefkada, Greece, at 9:10 am on Tuesday, leaving two woman dead and several building damages. The earthquake occurred 18 kilometers west of the island and it...

Early this morning, an earthquake of 4.4 magnitude shook the wider region of Volvi, but was particularly felt in Thessaloniki. According to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics, the earthquake occurred at 8.15 in the morning, 40 km east of Thessaloniki...

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale shook the Greek town of Elassona, located near the city of Larissa in Thessaly, on Tuesday.

A moderate earthquake, measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale rocked the island of Crete on Thursday afternoon. The quake's epicenter is thought to be located under the sea 50 kilometers (just over 30 miles) north of the coastal town of...

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale shook central Macedonia early Saturday, according to the Institute of Geodynamics at the National Observatory of Athens. The announcement said the tremor struck at 3:20 at a point 218 kilometers north of...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 points on the Richter scale shook Crete in the early morning on Saturday, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens National Observatory. The tremors occurred at 1:17 am and were particularly felt...

A light quake shook Lesvos at 10:55 am on Friday morning measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale. The quake's epicenter was opposite the town of Molyvos on the Turkish coast and the same location of the recent moderate tremors the shook the...

Greek seismologists are concerned about the activation of a fault 10 to 15 km north of Lesvos that can cause a 6.6 Richter earthquake. Professor of seismology at Aristotle Univerity of Thessaloniki Constantinos Papazachos expressed his view after the three...