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Strong earthquake shakes Greek island of Crete

Wed, Jul 01 2009 14:31 CET

byNick Iliev

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Strong earthquake shakes Greek island of Crete

Island of Crete as seen from space

An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude on the Richter scale, felt as far afield as Cairo, Egypt, has been recorded on the Greek island of Crete, according to www.earthquake.usgs.gov

The exact epicentre has been triangulated at 125 km SSE of Iraklion, Crete, 195 km  SE of Hania, Crete, 275 km  NNE of Tobruk, Libya and 445 km SSE of Athens.

Conflicting media reports claim that the earthquake was as high as 6.7 in magnitude, whereas the Associated Press has given its strength as 5.9.

The earthquake was detected at 12.30pm Bulgarian time, the epicentre being 30km below the sea surface.

There are no official reports of structural damages or casualties as yet.

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Anonymous Cleo Powers Wed, Jul 22 2009 15:40 CET
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earthQuakes are dangerious, I've been in one in S.A.

Anonymous underwater Thu, Jul 02 2009 11:48 CET
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there are usually no casualties since most of the earthquakes in the region take place under water

Anonymous mamatip Thu, Jul 02 2009 05:35 CET
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Would the July 1 earthquake have affected a cruise ship traveling from Patmos to Rhodes? and from Rhodes to Iraklion on Thur July 2?

Anonymous Death Toll Wed, Jul 01 2009 21:52 CET
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Is there a death toll report? How many dead? Injured?


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