4.1 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Crete

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4.1 magnitude earthquake hits off coast of Crete

It was close to the city of Heraklion

Newsroom June 17 09:20

A 4.1 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale occurred today at 03:35 Greek time, as the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens announced.

The tremor occurred 286 km south/southeast of Athens and the epicentre is located in the sea area 36 km northwest of the city of Heraklion.

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