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Earthquake 3,6 Richter south of Crete

The exact epicenter of the vibration is located 50 km south - southeast of Heraklion

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A weak earthquake of magnitude 3.7 on the Richter scale, according to the automatic solution of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Institute (EMSC), occurred on Monday morning at 07:23 in the South Cretan Sea.

The exact epicenter of the tremor was located 50 km south-southeast of Heraklion, Crete.

The focal depth of the earthquake is estimated at 19.6 km.

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The revised solution of the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory gives the earthquake at 3.6 Richter, with a focal depth of 43.5 km, and epicenter 7 km south – southeast of Arvi, Heraklion

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