Ionian Sea

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck the Ionian island of Kefalonia (also spelled Cephalonia) in the early hours of Friday. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter of the quake was 6 kilometers west-southwest of Fiskardo, at a depth of 16.1 kilometers.

A merchant ship has rescued dozens of migrants from a yacht in distress off the southwestern coast of Greece, Greek authorities said Thursday.

The coast guard said about 70 migrants were on the vessel, and there were no reports of anyone being in ill health. The migrants were being taken to the southern Greek port of Kalamata.

An operation was launched on Tuesday to rescue a tourist after she became stranded on a remote beach on the Ionian island of Corfu.

The woman, who has not been identified, had managed the steep descent to Giali Beach on the island's western coast but called for her when she found that she was unable to make the climb back up the rocky path.

Two sailboats collided near the Paxi archipelago in the Ionian Sea on Wednesday, injuring an 18-year-old.

The boats were sailing from Paxi to Lefkada when the collision occurred 3.4 nautical miles south of Antipaxi.

A 20-year-old South African man who went missing in the waters near Sami, on the Ionian island of Kefalonia (also spelled Cephalonia), has been found dead.

According to the coast guard, the man's body, whose identity has not been released by authorities, was discovered by a private diver and transported to the port of Sami.

Mainland and Crete affected from Sunday afternoon - Strong storms in the Ionian Sea and the western mainland from noon on Monday - Maps

Authorities in the southern Peloponnesian city of Kalamata have rescued 81 people stranded on a ship south of the mainland, on a route frequently used to take migrants illegally to Italy, local officials have said.

Municipal officials said the city had provided a temporary shelter for the people rescued, who identified themselves as coming from Egypt, Pakistan and Syria.

Greece's Coast Guard rescued 22 migrants (12 men, four women, three boys and a girl) from a sailboat that was sailing off the coast of Rhodes, in the eastern Aegean, late on Sunday, authorities said.

A rescue operation is underway to assist dozens of migrants on a sailboat reported in trouble off the southern coast of Greece, authorities said Friday, amid a rise in migration to the Mediterranean country.

Wearing ancient Greek chlamys, NBA legend Magic Johnson and his wife, Cookie, partied with their friends on his boat off the coast of Kefalonia in the Ionian Sea. Magic's social media was filled with photos, advertising Greece and the ancient Greek kitsch that proves to be durable and timeless.