earthquake

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, an earthquake which shook Attica on Tuesday morning had a strength of 4 on the Richter scale. Experts believe that the tremor was part of the aftershock activity, related to the a stronger quake...

The two new tsunami warning signs which were recently placed at locations on the island of Kos have sparked negative reactions, primarily among tourist businessmen on the popular Greek island. Following a request from the mayor of the island, the...

A relatively minor earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale hit southern Greece at 10:57 local time (08:57 GMT+1) on Monday. According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens National Observatory, the quake's epicenter was located 296 km (184 miles) southeast...

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Karpathos at midday on Saturday. Greece's Geodynamic Institute reported that the quake's epicenter was 71 kilometers off the southeastern Aegean island's coast and had a depth of...

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)...

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the Greek island of Crete at 07:39 local time on Wednesday. According to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens the epicenter was 23km north-west of Heraklion and was recorded at a depth of 66km. Local site Nea...

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center, the epicenter of the most recent quake to strike Greece was located 24 km northwest of Athens, and 7 kilometers north of the town of Magoula on Sunday evening. The earthquake struck at 19:09...

Greece's Tourism Minister Charis Theocharis and Deputy Tourism Minister Manos Konsolas have released a set of earthquake instructions for tourists, after meeting with tourism industry officials on Friday. The tourism ministry's action follows the earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter...

The 5.1 on the Richter scale earthquake that shook Athens at 14.10 on Friday was the main one, reassured the president of the Organization for Antiseismic Planning and Protection (OASP), Professor Efthymios Lekkas on Saturday. Forty-nine aftershocks were recorded in...

The earthquake that hit Athens on Friday afternoon brought back memories of the terrifying moments of the deadly quake that shook the Greek capital twenty years ago. Fortunately, this time, the 5.1-magnitude tremor was not as strong as the 1999...