One earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 occurred on Sunday January 16 in the northern Greece, not far from the second city of the country, Thessaloniki, announced the Observatory of Athens.
The epicenter of the earthquake which occurred at 11:50 GMT was located at sea 10 km deep and 23 km south-west of Mount Athos, a high place of Orthodoxy which is home to many monasteries, according to the same source. No casualties or damage were immediately reported.
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M5.5 #earthquake (#se? sµ ??) strikes 137 km SE of #Thessaloníki (#Greece) 3 min ago. Effects reported by eyewitnesses: pic.twitter.com/G72NEEeo6n
— EMSC (@LastQuake) January 16, 2022
Regular events for Greece
Greece is located on several seismic faults and regularly experiences earthquakes. In October 2020, a 7.0 earthquake hit the Aegean Sea, between the Greek island of Samos and the city of Izmir in western Turkey.
Most of the damage took place in Turkey, where 114 people died and more than a thousand were injured. In Greece, two teenagers had lost their lives in Samos.
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