Mechanics

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 on the Richter scale was registered in the southern part of the Greek Kassandra peninsula, Chalkidiki at 8.29 am EEST.

The epicenter of the quake was located 13 km away from Polychrono, a tourist town located in the eastern part of the peninsula of Kassandra, Focus news reports.

Earthquake kills hundreds in China

A rescue operation is underway in China after a powerful earthquake that struck the province of Yunnan, killing at least 381 people.

In the regions affected by the earthquake more than 12,000 homes were destroyed, while 30,000 were damaged, the Chinese agency Xinhua reported, quoted by AFP.

A moderate earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale hit western Greece Wednesday, with its epicenter some 10 kilometers west of Nafpaktos, the Athens Observatory reported.

No damage or injuries were reported.

An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude occurred 50 kilometers east of Lemnos, in the area of Saros Bay, in the Northern Aegean Sea early on Wednesday.

According to the Seismological Station of Thessaloniki’s Aristotle University, the quake was part of aftershock activity following a 6.4 on the Richter scale tremor that shook the area last Saturday.

Two consecutive earthquakes with magnitudes of 4.6 and 4.4 on the Richter scale were registered in the Aegean Sea, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.

The epicenter of the earthquakes was near the epicenter of Saturday's 6.9-magnitude earthquake.

Seismologists registered around 135 aftershocks between the Saturday 6.9 Richter scale earthquake in the Aegean Sea and Sunday morning. 

Around 20 of them were of 4 Richter scale or a little higher, the remaining are between 2.8 and 3. 

Almost 30 aftershocks have been registered in the northern part of the Aegean Sea after the powerful earthquake which rattled parts of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey, Saturday.

Most of these were of magnitude 2.5-3.0 on the Richter scale, however some have reached a magnitude of 4.0. The aftershocks occur every 5-10 minutes.

The epicenter of the earthquake which occurred on May 24 is near the Greek island of Samothrace, Bulgaria's National Institute of Geophysics, Geodesy and Geography reports.

The magnitude of the quake that shook Bulgaria and Greece at 12.25 was 6.9 on the Richter scale, according to the latest data by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center.

More than 20 earthquakes were recorded in the Aegean Sea on May 24, prior to the one that shook Bulgaria Saturday afternoon.

The quakes epicenter was about 440 km from Bulgaria's capital Sofia with a magnitude between 5.7 and 6.0 on the Richter scale.

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 has been felt in Greece, according to reports.

Reports said the epicenter was 400 kilometers (185 miles) north-northeast of Athens, southwest of Samothrace island, and was 10 kilometers deep.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.