earthquake

A 4.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Aegean island of Hydra on Sunday, with tremors being felt in the Peloponnese and as far away as Attica. Striking just before 5 p.m. local time (1500GMT) it was detected at sea 39 kilometers (24 miles)...

Canadian authorities have issued a tsunami threat warning for parts of the British Colombia coast after an 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the Gulf of Alaska early on Monday morning. Earthquakes Canada, part of the government's Natural Resources section, said waves from...

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, according to initial estimates, shook the coastal city of Volos in central Greece, alarming residents early Friday morning. The tremor was felt strongly because its epicenter was located somewhere beneath the city...

Greek seismologists say the magnitude 4.2 earthquake that rattled Athens on Monday evening was probably the main quake, adding there is no reason for alarm. The tremor had its epicenter just 25 kilometers (15 miles) northeast of the Greek capital,...

  A 4.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Athens on Monday evening at 22:25 local time. The tremor was felt throughout the Greek capital. According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center the epicenter was 2 km northeast of the town of Stamata, north...

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 magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck near Thessaliniki and close to the city of Kilkis at 6:24 am local time according to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics. Its epicentre was located at a 10km depth. The quake which was followed by...

A magnitude 5 earthquake struck about 50km NE of Athens at 6:02 am local time according to the US Geological Survey. Its epicentre was located on the coast of the Corinth Gulf at a 10km depth. The quake was felt...

An earthquake measuring 4.9 on the Richter scale hit the sea area south of Crete on Wednesday morning. The US Geological Survey reported that the quake struck at a depth of 20 km about 64 km southwest of the town...

Another case of bureaucratic inefficiency was recorded this week, when earthquake-stricken inhabitants of Lesvos island are obliged to pay ENFIA property taxes for their ruined houses. After the late July earthquake in Kos island which devastated houses in neighbouring Lesvos,...