A light earthquake shook the regional unit of Heraklion, Crete on Sunday afternoon. According to Athens National Observatory’s Geodynamic Institute announced that a 4.3R quake was recorded on Sunday at 16:22 near Arkalohori.

The quake epicentre was located 344 km south, southeast of Athens and 5 km east-northeast of Arkalohori and it focal depth was 19.5 km. The area has been receiving quakes very often in the recent past. These worry residents but seismologists remain calming.

A 4.5 on the Richter scale earthquake was recorded at 17.01 (15.01 GMT) northeast of the Miamous site on the large Aegean island of Crete, or some 40 kilometers south of the port city of Iraklio.

Yet, another earthquake shook Thiva - Thebes early Thursday morning.

The quake affected Thebes with a magnitude of 3.3 on the Richter scale magnitude and occurred at 06:00 in the morning.

The epicenter was reported 2 kilometers south of Thebes, at a depth of 12.4 kilometers, according to the Geodynamic Institute.

It is recalled that Thebes has been at the center of continuous seismic activity for a year now, with hundreds of earthquakes that are located at a very shallow depth.