A light quake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale jolted the island of Rhodes at 04.40 on Tuesday.
The Geodynamics Institute of the National Observatory of Athens announced that the quake's epicentre was located 438 km east-southeast of Athens, in the sea 10 km south of the island of Rhodes.

A strong seismic vibration occurred at 12:36, Athens time, northeast of the island of Kos.

A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit a little before 2 am on Thursday in the sea area north west of the island of Skyros.