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Quake off Greece's Karpathos shakes eastern Mediterranean

Europe Materials 19 October 2021 12:23 (UTC +04:00)
Quake off Greece's Karpathos shakes eastern Mediterranean

An earthquake struck off the Greek island of Karpathos early on Tuesday, shaking towns and cities across the eastern Mediterranean, witnesses and media said, Trend reports with reference to Reuters.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage, however.

"Really felt that one... Lasted for 30 seconds," a witness in Lindos, Rhodes, said in a posting on the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre's website.

The tremor, whose magnitude the U.S. Geological Survey measured at 6.0 and depth at 37.8km (23.5 miles), was also felt on several other Greek islands including Crete and Santorini, state TV said,

It also shook the Cypriot capital Nicosia, Beirut, Cairo and other cities in Egypt, parts of Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and the region around southern Turkey’s Antalya, Reuters witnesses said.

Two powerful quakes rattled Crete in recent weeks, killing one person and damaging buildings. read more

A Greek seismologist said Tuesday's quake came from a different African fault and no aftershocks were expected.

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