A double earthquqke was felt in Greece. The first magnitude 5.1 earthquake was felt at 1.05 a.m. local time on Tuesday, 76 km north of Athens and 23 km northwest of Halkida on the isle of Evia. Seismologists from the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens say the quake had a depth of 10 km. The quake was felt at Attica as well as the prefectures of Viotia, Fthiotida and Evia. Prior to the final 5.1 scale measure the squakes were believed to be at 5.3 and then 5.2 on the magnitude scale.

Magnitude                          mb 5.1
Region                                  GREECE
Date time                             2014-11-17 23:05:56.2 UTC
Depth                                     10 km
Location                                38.65 N ; 23.41 E
Distances                              79 km N of Athens, Greece / pop: 729,137 / local time: 01:05:56.2 2014-11-18
26 km NW of Chalkída, Greece / pop: 54,558 / local time: 01:05:56.2 2014-11-18
11 km SW of Prokópion, Greece / pop: 1,108 / local time: 01:05:56.2 2014-11-18

A second tremor, of the same magnitude (5.1), was felt at 1.09 a.m local time in the same regions. This time the depth was at 5 km.

Magnitude                           mb 5.1
Region                                  GREECE
Date time                             2014-11-17 23:09:03.7 UTC
Location                               38.63 N ; 23.43 E
Depth                                    5 km
Distances                            76 km N of Athens, Greece / pop: 729,137 / local time: 01:09:03.7 2014-11-18
24 km NW of Chalkída, Greece / pop: 54,558 / local time: 01:09:03.7 2014-11-18
11 km W of Politiká, Greece / pop: 1,498 / local time: 01:09:03.7 2014-11-18

Within a few minutes, more seismic activity was noted with a magnitude 3.8 earthquake at 1.13 a.m and magnitude 3.4 at 1.18 a.m. and there was continued activity noted throughout the early hours of the morning in the city of Halkida.

Here’s how people around Greece felt the quake:

Kolonaki – Apartment shaking. Doors and dressers making noise. Aftershocks
Athens – no damage lasted 20 sec the firts series, and after 5 min lasted 15 sec, equally strong It felt very long. Strong dancing of kitchenware and plates
Glyfada – Glass windows shaking and car alarms going off
Palio Faliro – My bed was shaking strongly. Couldn’t believe it.
VARI – schütteln ziemlich lange
Athènes – 01:15 environ du matin, deux secousses ! Des secousses plus fortes que les mois précédents sur Athènes centre. Le sol,le mobilier,les vitres tremblent. Pas de dégâts à déplorer pour le moment.
Athens – Two light tremors, 30 seconds apart. Chandelier moved a bit
Neo Iraklio – Dancing of inside lamps, walls trembling. Strong sound
Atene – Mi sono svegliata dal sonno. Il letto si muoveva forte
Athen – Ich bin davon aufgewacht …das ganze Zimmer hat vibriert.
Athens – No damage, but when sitting down significantly felt, flower vases shaking, some lights moving. Second more powerful than first.
Dionysos – beds shaking, noise from decorative items
Athens – Woke from sleep. I usually sleep through them. Shaking cupboards, rattling. Quite shocked me.
Nea Smyrni – Open doors swang and a my cat was worried.
афины – сначала затряслись стекла, затем пошли ходуном люстры, ваза с цветами на столе. сон прошел миг. это страшно.
Athens (Greece) – We felt it three short times, but they were pretty intense. We could hear our plates in the cabinet rattling.
Skyros – I.o5 am going to sleep bed shaking light swinging and windows knocking ….then a few minutes later another one….