4.8 earthquake hits Karpathos

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The depth was measured at 5km

Newsroom August 3 01:53

A 4.8 earthquake rocked the island of Karpathos at 12:51 pm Saturday.

According to the Geodetic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the tremor had its epicentre 71 km southeast of Karpathos with a focal depth of 5 km.

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