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Is it safe to travel to Crete? What you need to know after earthquake sparks tsunami warning for Greek island - Authorities ...
A strong 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Crete, triggering tsunami warnings and emergency measures ...
A number of Greek islands, including Crete and Santorini have been hit by a powerful 6.1 magnitude earthquake, prompting ...
Brits in parts of Greece are advised to switch on a specific setting on their phones as the country was hit by a 6.1 ...
A tsunami warning has been issued in Greece after yet another Earthquake hit the large island of Crete this morning. People ...
Thursday morning’s 6.1 magnitude quake off the coast of Crete is the second strong quake to hit Greece within days. Last Wednesday, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake occurred about 48 kilometres south ...
Charalambos Fasoulas, a geologist from the Natural History Museum of Crete, said earthquakes in Greece "do not usually give many and large aftershocks". He added: “Usually these earthquakes are ...
It came after a powerful 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck near the coast of Crete last week. Efthymios Lekkas, head of Greece’s Earthquake Planning and Protection Organisation, said the ...
The Greek island of Crete and its surrounding region have long been known as one of Europe’s most earthquake-prone zones.
A large 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Crete on Thursday (May 22), barely ... told Euronews that "every time you go to Greece, you are going to a seismically active region".
Last week, a powerful 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck in Greece, with the epicentre again near the coast of Crete, the most populous of the Greek islands. New CCTV footage from Crete shows the ...
Greece’s civil protection minister Ioannis Kefalogiannis is travelling to Crete to assess the damage from the earthquake. "Fortunately, initial reports indicate that due to its significant depth ...