A strong earthquake shook parts of southern Greece on Saturday (18), with no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
A tremor with a magnitude of 5.4 and a depth of nearly 58 km occurred at 5:16 am (Greenwich Mean Time) in the sea between the Peloponnese and the island of Crete, reported the Geodynamic Institute of Athens.
Greek media reported that the earthquake was felt from Athens to Crete.
It was “about five seconds long, quite strong even in the basement of a building”, wrote a witness in the city of Chania, Crete, on the testimony panel of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).
Greece’s fire service said there were no reports of damage.
“Because of its considerable depth, the tremor was felt over a wider area,” Efthymios Lekkas, head of the Greek organization for anti-seismic planning, told Greek state broadcaster ERT.
Reference: CNN Brasil
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