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2021 Arkalochori earthquake. / 35.252; 25.260. A moment magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck the island of Crete in Greece at a depth of 6 km on 27 September 2021. [4] [5] [6] The epicenter of the earthquake was located southeast of Heraklion. The quake killed one person, injured 36 (one indirect) and damaged over 5,000 old buildings on the island.
The quake was recorded as a 6.3 earthquake by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, but was upgraded to 6.4 in magnitude.Efthymios Lekkas, president of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation, said that the quake was not directly related to the first tremor a month ago, but instead was a sign of the activation of the Eastern part of the Hellenic arc. [6]
The 365 Crete earthquake occurred at about sunrise on 21 July 365 in the Eastern Mediterranean, [4] [5] with an assumed epicentre near Crete. [6] Geologists today estimate the undersea earthquake to have been a moment magnitude 8.5 or higher. [5] It caused widespread destruction in the central and southern Diocese of Macedonia (modern Greece ...
CRETE, Greece (Reuters) - "Exercise, exercise, exercise", read an emergency text message which alerted people on the island of Crete of a mock earthquake measuring 7.2 off the city of Heraklion.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which ...
The 6.0 magnitude quake was recorded at a depth of 44 miles. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
445–800. 6.4 M w, 6.8 M w & 7.2 M w. X. Two foreshocks and one major earthquake occurred in the span of three days / 2,412 injured / The islands of Cephalonia, Zakynthos and Ithaca were leveled. From the 33,300 buildings of these three islands, 27,659 were completely destroyed.
A strong earthquake jolted the Greek island of Crete on Tuesday, two weeks and a day after another temblor killed a man and damaged hundreds of buildings. The Geodynamic Institute in Athens said ...