An earthquake measuring shut to six on the Richter scale rocked southern Greece, the neighboring area early Friday, in keeping with the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
The magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese.
There have been no rapid reviews of injury or accidents from the quake, which was additionally felt within the Greek capital and as distant because the southern island of Crete.
The quake struck Friday morning and was centered beneath the seabed close to the Strofades islands, about 120 kilometers (75 miles) south-southwest of the western metropolis of Patras, in keeping with the Athens Geodynamic Institute.
Greece lies in a extremely seismically lively area and earthquakes are frequent. The overwhelming majority trigger no accidents and little to no harm.
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