earthquake

Pope Francis donated 50,000 euros to address the needs of the earthquake victims of Lesvos, the Vatican's Apostolic Nunciature in Athens said on Sunday. "The Holy Father, because he feels very close to the earthquake victims on the island of...

The European Union must "reach the limits of its laws" in order to assist work to restore quake-stricken Vrisa and another 12 settlements on the island of Lesvos, President of the Hellenic Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on Sunday while...

At approximately 4:54 pm on Sunday the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center reported an earthquake registering 4.1 Richter jolted Thebes, just north of Athens. The Geodynamic Institute of Athens said that the earthquake registered at 3.8 Richter. The earthquake occurred 6 kilometers...

Following the 6.1 Richter earthquake that jolted the Greek island of Lesvos last week, inspectors have concluded that of the 1,245 buildings that were damaged, 690 have been damaged beyond repair and deemed "unusable." Inspectors have examined some 1,092 homes...

The Institute of Geodynamics in Athens has reported a light earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale on Monday at 7:55 am. The quake took place in the sea region between Kyllini and the Ionian island of Kefalonia with an approximate...

A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck south of Lesbos island in Greece at 10:50 p.m. (local) on Saturday. The quake’s epicenter was 31 kilometers (20 miles) south of the town of Mytilini. The quake was at a depth of 10...

A 4.4 earthquake shook the Peloponnese in Greece. The quake's epicenter was located at a 68 km depth near the village of Sykéa. Last Monday one person died from a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred in a marine area between Lesbos...

Four hundred and eighty two buildings in Lesvos out of 854 inspected so far been declared uninhabitable by teams of civil engineers from the Infrastructure ministry who are visiting villages to record the damages caused by Monday's strong earthquake...

The mild after-tremors following the 6.1 Richter earthquake that hit the island of Lesvos on Monday worry seismologists because they are not enough to decompress all the seismic activity of the fault that caused the earthquake. The area of Vrysa...

There is one dead, at least eight wounded and major damages to houses after Monday morning's 6.1-magnitude earthquake that occurred in a marine area between Lesvos and Chios. A 45-year-old woman that was trapped in ruins on Lesvos was pulled...