Island of Lesvos jolted by quakes
The northeastern Aegean island of Lesvos was jolted by a series of earthquakes on Monday that began in the morning. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute, the first undersea quake measuring 5 on the Richter scale occurred at 7.46 a.m., 46 kilometers off the island's southwestern coast, and its epicenter was at a depth of 14.9 kilometers. It was followed by a 4.5 quake a few minutes later. Another two followed, 4.5 and 4.8, before another measuring 4.5 shortly after 3 p.m.
Experts linked the tremors to the seismic fault responsible for the violent 6.3 quake on June 12, 2017. Speaking to the Athens-Macedonian New Agency, seismologist Costas Papazachos, professor of geophysics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, said yesterday's tremors were most likely aftershocks of the big earthquake almost 3.5...
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