Earthquake near Rhodes

An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale was felt by the inhabitants of Rhodes on Saturday evening.

The seismic shock occurred at 22:15 on June 18 in the marine area, 36 km north of the island, according to automatically corrected data from the Athens Geodynamic Institute, 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.

Earlier this month, on June 3, an earthquake was recorded in Rhodes. magnitude 4.7. Its epicenter was located 17 km southwest of Katavia (Rhodes) in the maritime zone.

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