Tremors rattle Crete

An earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday at 23:41 south of Ierapetra, Crete island.
According to the Athens Observatory Geodynamics Institute the tremor’s epicentre was located 445 km south-southwest of Athens in the sea region 75km south of Ierapetra.

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