ATHENS: A formidable 6.Eight-magnitude earthquake struck off Greece on Friday and used to be felt strongly in the vacationer hotspot island of Zante, tracking businesses mentioned.
Electricity in the principle town, also known as Zante, used to be down while the fireplace carrier reported injury to the road community led to through landslides.
It hit off the southern part of the island, often referred to as Zakynthos, in the Ionian Sea at 1.50 am (2250 GMT Thursday), in line with the USA Geological Survey (USGS).
"There has been no damage to houses, according to the first reports," a spokesperson for the fireplace carrier told AFP.
A 12th century Byzantine monument on a small island close to Zante has been seriously broken, local media reported.
The earthquake used to be also felt on mainland Greece, together with in the western town of Pyrgos.
USGS mentioned the quake, which struck at a depth of 16.6 kilometres (10 miles), used to be preceded through a shake of five.0 and adopted through a chain of smaller aftershocks.
It mentioned there used to be a low probability of casualties.
The Athens earthquake observatory mentioned the tremor used to be felt strongly in Zante, a well-liked vacation vacation spot with its own global airport.
Greece lies on primary fault traces and is ceaselessly hit through earthquakes, but they hardly purpose casualties.
However, in July 2017 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake killed two people on the island of Kos in the Aegean sea, inflicting significant injury.
Zante island experienced a major earthquake in 1953 of 6.four, killing hundreds of victims and injuring hundreds, leaving the island in ruins.
Electricity in the principle town, also known as Zante, used to be down while the fireplace carrier reported injury to the road community led to through landslides.
It hit off the southern part of the island, often referred to as Zakynthos, in the Ionian Sea at 1.50 am (2250 GMT Thursday), in line with the USA Geological Survey (USGS).
"There has been no damage to houses, according to the first reports," a spokesperson for the fireplace carrier told AFP.
A 12th century Byzantine monument on a small island close to Zante has been seriously broken, local media reported.
The earthquake used to be also felt on mainland Greece, together with in the western town of Pyrgos.
USGS mentioned the quake, which struck at a depth of 16.6 kilometres (10 miles), used to be preceded through a shake of five.0 and adopted through a chain of smaller aftershocks.
It mentioned there used to be a low probability of casualties.
The Athens earthquake observatory mentioned the tremor used to be felt strongly in Zante, a well-liked vacation vacation spot with its own global airport.
Greece lies on primary fault traces and is ceaselessly hit through earthquakes, but they hardly purpose casualties.
However, in July 2017 a magnitude 6.7 earthquake killed two people on the island of Kos in the Aegean sea, inflicting significant injury.
Zante island experienced a major earthquake in 1953 of 6.four, killing hundreds of victims and injuring hundreds, leaving the island in ruins.
Strong 6.8 magnitude quake strikes off Greece
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