Lithosphere

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck the Mount Athos monastic community in northeastern Greece on Friday morning.

According to the Athens Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the quake's epicenter was located 10 kilometers west-northwest of Karyes at a depth of 13.7 kilometers.

A new earthquake measuring 4.6 on the Richter scale occurred on Friday morning at 10:34 am at Mount Athos, 11 kilometers west northwest of Karyes.

Specifically, according to the revised solution of the Geodynamic Institute, a 4.6 magnitude earthquake occurred 11 kilometers west northwest of Karyes, with a focal depth of 14.4 kilometers.

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.

A 4.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Greek island of Crete on Wednesday morning, with no immediate reports of damage.

The National Observatory of Athens' Institute of Geodynamics reported that the tremor occurred 96 kilometers southeast of Zakros on the island's eastern coast, at a depth of 10.7 kilometers.

Greek seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos has warned that significant earthquakes are likely in the near future, following a period of seismic calm in 2024.

In a social media post, Papadopoulos pointed out that this year has seen just nine earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater, well below the typical annual range of 14 to 18.

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake was registered off the eastern island of Kos on Friday morning. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter of the quake, which struck at 11.29 a.m., was 33 kilometers south-southwest of Kefalos, the westernmost town of the island, at a depth of more than 100 km.

A preservation project has been launched to protect cultural assets in the ancient cities of İzmir and Manisa, where scientists have identified fault lines that could generate earthquakes of 7 magnitude and where signs of previous seismic activity are still visible.

A 2.4 magnitude earthquake occurred at 20:14 Friday in the northern suburbs of Athens.

The epicenter was 1 kilometer south-southeast of Kifissia and the focal depth was 5 kilometers.

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake jolted the southern island of Crete on Saturday morning. There were no reports of injuries or damage.

According to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter of the quake, which struck at 10.08 a.m., was 25 kilometers southeast of Lasithi, the easternmost regional unit of the island, at a depth of 8.1 km.

Two seismic tremors struck Sivas in central-eastern Turkey within ten minutes of each other, causing concern, just one day after a strong earthquake hit the neighboring province of Malatya.