An earthquake of magnitude up to 8.7, which occurred on June 21, 365 (after R. X), raised part of Crete by 9 meters, and a 10-meter tsunami destroyed the port of Egyptian Alexandria, located 700 kilometers away, destroying one of seven wonders of the world – the famous Alexandria lighthouse. The largest earthquake in the […]
As seismologists explain, over the years of the existence of instrumental measurements in Greece, an earthquake of such strength as that occurred on September 27, with a focus that was not at the bottom of the sea, was not recorded. Greece is located in an active seismic zone, and the island of Crete, together with […]
Two earthquakes were recorded within minutes near Samos in the eastern Aegean on Wednesday afternoon. The Geodynamic Institute of Athens gave preliminary estimates of 4.3 and 4.2, with the first shock at 14:14, 42 km northeast of the island (the focal point was in Turkey), and the second at 14:18, at 28 km north-east of […]