Efthymios Lekkas

A quake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale rattled southeastern Peloponnese just before noon on Tuesday morning and was felt some 300 kilometers away in Athens.

The Geodynamic Institute put the epicenter 18 kilometers southeast of the coastal village of Gytheio and 54 kilometers from Sparta, while its depth was at 5 kilometers.

The Greek island of Lesbos on June 13 labored to pick up the pieces after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake gutted a village, killing a woman and leaving over 15 injured.

The tremor, felt as far as Athens and in many cities in Turkey's west, mainly struck the southern Lesbos village of Vrisa.

The death toll of those known to have died in the massive 7.8R-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on Saturday has climbed to at least 3,326 with more than 6,500 injured, according to the national Emergency Operation Center. Thousands spent the night outdoors in massive tent cities around Kathmandu.