Another Earthquake Hits Greece

by Jordan Yerman | February 20, 2008 at 11:22 am

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Another earthquake just struck in Greece, which has been hit hard recently.

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck southern Greece Wednesday evening, Greek radio reported. There were no initial reports of damage or casualties in the quake which struck below the seabed near the island of Methani south of the Peloponnese island.

Update:

Kythira mayor Thodoros Koukoulis said no damage was reported.

``The earthquake occurred in the night and not all that many people noticed it,'' he told state NET television.

An institute spokeswoman said the earthquake was caused by the
same fault responsible for two strong quakes last week off the nearby
city of Kalamata. The magnitude 6.5 and 6.4 temblors on Feb. 14 were
felt as far away as Egypt, but caused only minor damage and no injuries.

No severe damage or news of casualties yet.

The Earth has been very active the past two days. Here are the latest numbers from USGS

MAP 6.1 2008/02/20 18:27:11   36.582   21.941 35.0  SOUTHERN GREECE
MAP 5.0 2008/02/20 14:24:46  -20.707   169.283 10.0  VANUATU
MAP 5.0 2008/02/20 13:16:35   36.639   71.139 203.7  HINDU KUSH REGION, AFGHANISTAN
MAP 5.5 2008/02/20 12:49:45  -53.029   -46.657 10.0  SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN
MAP 5.0 2008/02/20 11:51:14  -10.009   161.360 98.2  SOLOMON ISLANDS
MAP 5.2 2008/02/20 09:05:09   2.604   96.234 35.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
MAP 5.4 2008/02/20 08:28:20   2.576   96.145 35.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA
MAP 7.4 2008/02/20 08:08:32   2.778   95.978 35.0  SIMEULUE, INDONESIA

MAP 5.0 2008/02/19 22:41:29   32.432  -115.313 6.0  BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
MAP 5.3 2008/02/19 17:01:29   -2.450   99.930 13.0  KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA
MAP 5.2 2008/02/19 16:57:08   20.287   121.078 12.2  BATAN ISLANDS REGION, PHILIPPINES
MAP 5.2 2008/02/19 06:29:54   -3.331   100.854 37.6  KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIA

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