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A powerful earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the coastal town of Parga in western Greece at 2:49 on Saturday, according to the Geodynamic Institute of Athens. The epicenter of the quake was 14 km east-northeast of Parga at a focal depth of 10 km and was the same one that had caused a 4.3 Richter earthquake in the area 21 minutes before midnight on Friday.

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter Scale, with its epcicentre in the west of the region of Karditsa and Trikala in central Greece was recorded at 11:24 by Athens Geodynamic Institute.

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 03:28 on Thursday in the sea region 78 km south-east of Karpathos.