An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 has struck northern Greece, centered west of the city of Kilkis and northwest of Thessaloníki, seismologists and residents say, TASS reported.
Only few details are available.
The earthquake, which struck at 1:22 a.m. local time on Saturday, was centered about 12 kilometers west of Kilkis, not far from the border with Macedonia and Bulgaria. It struck at a very shallow depth of about 10 kilometers.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, but we're working to gather additional information.