Efthymios Lekkas

When the devastating Athens earthquake struck in September 1999, scientists were astonished to discover that it originated from an unknown fault, the Parnitha fault. In the years that followed, the country’s top scientific institutions attempted to map Attica’s faults – and they succeeded.

The severe weather front “Bora” has wreaked havoc on Rhodes and Lemnos, hitting them with full force. Residents on both islands were prohibited from moving around, as another wave of severe weather could not be ruled out.

A 4.0 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter in Thesprotia occurred on Tuesday morning.

According to the Geodynamic Institute, the epicenter was located 4 km northwest of Tsamantas in Thesprotia.

The earthquake’s focal depth was estimated at 10.5 km.

Zakynthos' most iconic site, the Navagio (Shipwreck) Beach, will remain closed for another year, according to a joint ministerial decision signed last week by the citizen protection, island policy and tourism ministers.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 has struck southern Greece off the coast of the western Peloponnese. 

There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries from the quake, which was also felt in the Greek capital and as far away as the southern island of Crete.

Receding floodwaters have revealed a trail of devastation in central Greece left by a rainstorm that raged for three days, killing at least six people and causing billions of euros worth of damage.

Hundreds of people remained trapped on Friday in their homes or on high ground in the central plain of Thessaly, which bore the brunt of Storm Daniel's relentless deluge.

An expert in disaster management has voiced concern that successive wildfires and heatwaves will spell the "environmental collapse" of Attica, home to the Greek capital, Athens, as the region continues to battle major wildfires burning through forests, brush, pastureland, residential settlements, farms and businesses.  

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the island of Evia at 11.38 a.m. on Saturday should not be a cause of concern, according to the president of the Organization of Antiseismic Planning and Protection (OASP), Efthymios Lekkas.

"It is a continuation of the earthquakes from this fault in Evia last November and December," he said.

Authorities on the Ionian island of Zakynthos have decided to keep Navagio beach, a popular tourist destination famous for its signature shipwreck, closed to tourists this summer, for fear of landslides. 

The re-prohibition of access to the "Navagio" beach of Zakynthos was proposed by the Anti-Seismic Planning and Protection Organization (OASP), in the context of its reassessments regarding seismic activity and landslide phenomena.