April 26, 2024

Athens News

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The earthquake in Karpathos is estimated at 4.8 on the Richter scale.

The seismic vibration was recorded by the Geodynamic Institute after 2:00 tonight, at a distance of 21 km south/southwest of the island of Karpathos. The focal depth was 51 km, writes newsbeast.gr.

Our publication reminds that the information about the earthquake coming from the Athens Geodynamic Institute and the European Mediterranean Seismological Institute is the decision of an automatic computer system, without the participation of a seismologist. As new data becomes available, they are constantly updated.

As previously reported, an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale was felt by the inhabitants of Rhodes Saturday night. It occurred at 22:15 on June 18 in the sea, 36 km north of the island.



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