Tremors of this magnitude are not uncommon in Greece, which lies close to a meeting point between the African and Eurasian tectonic plates. 9News
The first tremor, a 5.2-magnitude, struck at 5.15pm east of the island of Crete and at a depth of nine kilometres, the Institute of Geodynamics reported in Athens. The earthquake was felt in Crete and the islands of Karpathos, Kassos, Rhodes and Santorini, according to local media.An even larger tremor of 5.4 magnitude struck at 8:59 pm about 25 kilometres northwest of the first, at a depth of 6.3 kilometres, the Institute of Geodynamics reported.
The mayor of the small island of Kassos, closest to the epicentre, told state news agency ANA that no buildings were damaged in either earthquake.
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