Moderate earthquake rattles SE coast of Crete
- Written by E.Tsiliopoulos
An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale occurred at 00:49 on Wednesday morning, in the sea area between Kasos and Crete, according to the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens.
The earthquake took place at a depth of about 10 kilometers, 29 kilometers south-southwest of Kasos and 49 kilometers south-southeast of Paleokastro in Sitia. Six aftershocks, ranging from 2.5 to 3.1 Richter, followed.
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