earthquake

An earthquake measuring 3.3 points on the Richter scale struck Athens at 8:30 a.m. on Friday. Although not particularly strong, the tremor was felt strongly in most parts of the capital as the epicenter was in northern Athens. Seismologists of...

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake struck the Ionian island of Zakynthos, Greece, on Friday morning. The Geodynamic Institute said the quake's epicenter was 60 kilometers southwest of the island. The tremor came at 8:16 am. No injuries or damage was reported. Earthquakes have historically...

A weak magnitude quake rocked the citizens of Trikala and Karditsa earlier today, in Thessaly, central Greece. According to data from the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the size of the seismic event, recorded at 7:40 a.m., was 3.8 degrees on the...

An earthquake measuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit the Aegean island of Lesvos, Greece, on Saturday morning. The temblor was reported at 8:20 a.m. (local time epicenter) at a depth of 10.86 km. A tsunami warning has not been issued,...

A mild earthquake that measured 4.2 on the Richter scale -- according to the Geodynamic Institute -- occurred at 10:15 p.m. in the Aegean Sea north of the Greek island of Lemnos. The preliminary measurements of the earthquake epicenter was 38...

An earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale hit the Ionian island of Cephalonia, Greece, on Monday morning. The 5km-deep quake struck in the sea northwest of Argostoli at 9:20 a.m. local time (7:20 a.m. GMT). There have been no reports...

Public Order Minister Vasilis Kikilias called an emergency meeting at the ministry after seismologists claimed that there is a possibility for another, stronger earthquake. The two earthquakes on Tuesday morning have alarmed authorities and forced the Greek minister to call...

An earthquake shook central Greece early on Tuesday and was felt as far away as Athens, but there were no immediate reports of damages or injuries, Greek police and fire brigade officials said. The quake of 5.2 magnitude on the...

A strong 5.1-magnitude tremor has hit just west of the island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea, western Greece. The quake, which hit at 1:15 a.m. local time (2315 GMT), had its epicenter 5 kilometres underwater, the Athens Geodynamic Institute...

A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the cities of Patras, Aegion, Nafpaktos and other areas of the northern Peloponnese at 7:10pm on Friday evening, according to Athens’ Geodynamic Institute. The tremor occurred at a depth of 5 km and its epicenter is...