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Earthquake Strikes Greece: 2 Killed
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by Jordan Yerman | June 8, 2008 at 07:59 am
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Update: the death toll has been raised to two.
So far, most of those reported trapped have been removed -- including a
43-year-old villager who died after his house collapsed on him, the
interior minister said. The other victim died of a heart attack while
being rushed to the hospital, he said.
Greecewas hit by 6.5 Richter earthquake Sunday that was felt throughout thecountry, including in the capital Athens, but so far there are onlyreports of limited property damage.
The Quake occurred at about 3.25 p.m.
The epicentre has been identified in the north-west Peloponnese inthe town of Andravida and the depth of the quake is estimated at 10kilometres below the surface, explaining its strength.
At least one person has been killed as an earthquake rocked southern Greece, collapsing buildings and causing panic.
Some 20 injuries were reported from falling roofs as the tremor - which had an epicentre 200 kilometres (124 miles) west of Athens - struck near Patras in the Peloponnese region.
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at 08:01 on June 8th, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's breaking good stuff news.
at 08:57 on June 8th, 2008
Thanks for that info. My colleague was going to Greece next Sunday
at 08:58 on June 8th, 2008
How earthquake proof is Greece I wonder?
at 13:13 on June 8th, 2008
Earthquake prone is more like it, at least according to this from CNN -
Due to its fault lines, Greece
is one of the most quake-prone countries in the European Union. A quake
and aftershock both measuring over 6.4 in magnitude struck near
Kalamata off the southern coast of the Peloponnese peninsula in
mid-February, causing no major damage or injuries.
The last major earthquake in Greece was in 1999 and left about 100 people dead.
CNN reports a second death resulting from the quake.
at 10:10 on June 8th, 2008
I know they reinforced the ancient Athenian Acropolis structure in the 80's, to safe guard it from Earth tremors..
Global Ecology: I read that Earth quakes may be from a change in the strain or pressure in the Earth's crust in the surrounding region or epicenter and since Greece has been experiencing record breaking heat waves in the past couple of decades, it is no surprise that Greece now accounts for more than half of Earth tremors in all of Europe.
at 12:42 on June 8th, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:45 on June 8th, 2008
jordan, I like this story. It's good stuff.
Earthquakes are terrible forces of nature ...
Many of us respect nature ...
But sad we can't predict its mood..
at 09:36 on May 26th, 2009
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at 09:38 on May 26th, 2009
Hahaha! That would be so awesome GEE EYE JOE! I admire your thinking! Cheers.
at 06:56 on May 28th, 2009
I admire both of your perspectives! Haha! Those are very nice usernames you two.
I'm really looking forward for purple nationally becoming a flavor. Cheers.