5.0 magnitude earthquake west of Skyros overnight
A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit a little before 2 am on Thursday in the sea area north west of the island of Skyros.
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A 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit a little before 2 am on Thursday in the sea area north west of the island of Skyros.
A moderate quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 10:42 in the sea region between Kos and the Turkish coasts, according to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens' National Observatory.
An urgent preliminary examination of the content of the publication that spoke of a major earthquake in Crete was ordered yesterday by the prosecutor of Herakleion, Thanasis Galinas.