Kilkis

Firefighters in the northern city of Kilkis were taxed early on Monday morning when two blazes broke out almost simultaneously - one in a fuel truck and the other at a gas station.

The fire service received the first call at around 5 a.m., informing them that a fuel truck was ablaze outside the home of a local businessman.

An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 4.0 rattled northern Greece early Tuesday, with no immediate reports of damage.

The tremblor was recorded 28 kilometers northwest of Kilkis at 12.13 a.m., with assessments giving it a focal depth of 2 kilometers, reports said.

Two brothers aged 51 and 53, as well as third suspect, aged 35, have reportedly been identified by police in the northern Greek town of Kilkis as being behind at least 10 robberies that netted them more than 40,000 euros in valuables and cash.

A 4.7 Richter earthquake hit the town of Kilkis, in northern Greece, early on Saturday.

According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the tremor's epicenter was located 18 kilometers west of the town.

Several aftershocks followed the initial tremor, though there were no reports of injuries or damage. 
 

A 4.7 magnitude earthquake rocked the city of Kilkis in Macedonia, at 1.22am in the morning of Saturday. The epicentre of the earthquake was located 18km west of the city and had a shallow 4km depth. The tremor was also felt in Greece’s second largest city of Thessaloniki.

A new earthquake rocked Greece on Friday morning at about 06:30 hrs.

The secondary quake was of a 3.7-magnitude near the town of Kilkis in Northern Greece. The depth was about 10 km, reported Nova TV.

On Thursday, a 4.8- magnitude earthquake which hit Northern Greece was felt in Bulgaria as well.

During the last few days we have been flooded with pictures showing the everyday ordeal of almost 15,000 refugees/migrants whose journey towards Europe came to a forced stop on the border of Greece and Macedonia (FYROM).