A strong earthquake was recorded at 12.25 on Saturday southwest of the island of Samothrace, northern Aegean.

According to the Geodynamics Institute of Athens and the Geophysics department of Aristotelion University of Thessaloniki the earthquake was 6.3 on the Richter scale with epicentre 20 km sorth-southwest of Samothrace and 296 km north-northwest of Athens. The depth was estimated at 10 km at the sea region between Samothrace and Lemnos.

Two aftershocks measuring 4.7 and 5 on the Richter scale have already been recorded.

The director of the Geodynamics Institute of Athens Gerasimos Papadopoulous said to protothema.gr that “the earthquake recorded was 6.5 on the Richter scale and came from the North Aegean arc between Limnos and Samothrace that has given very strong quakes in the past. It is considered the extension of the north Anatolian fault wherestronger earthquakes of 7.2 Richter were recorded in the past. We are monitoring the phenonemenon and two aftershocks have already recorded of 4.7 and 5 Richter, whereas more aftershocks are expected to follow,”.

The earthquake was felt at Evia, Viotia, Evros, Ioannina, Thasos, Chalkidiki, Thessaloniki, North Greece and even at Turkey where according to information 100 people were injured.

Damages were reported at Lemnos’ airport where a British tourist was slightly injured as well as at the Archaeological Museum of Myrina and some buildings.