3.9 earthquake hits area close to Athens

A 3.9 magnitude earthquake shook Athens, Sunday at 4.45pm, according to the Athens Institute of Geodynamics. The centre of the earthquake was 5km deep and approximately 25km southeast of Athens in the sea between the islands of Aegina and Salamis.

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