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Moderate quake, measuring 4.1 Richter, strikes off Peloponnese

A moderate undersea quake, measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale, struck off the coast of the Peloponnese late on Sunday, seismologists said in the early hours of Monday.

There were no reports of injuries or serious damage.

The temblor occurred at 11.32 p.m., according to the National Observatory of Athens reported.

Mild earthquake hits Rhodes

An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale struck off the Dodecanese island of Rhodes, at 9.40 a.m. on Wednesday, the Geodynamic Institute in Athens reported.

The tremor's epicenter was located 48 kilometers south of Rhodes, while its depth was at 26 kilometers.

There were no reports of injuries or damage.

An Earthquake of Magnitude 4.8 was Registered 300 km from Athens

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale was registered at 11:52 local time today, nearly 300 km from Athens.

According to the European Seismological Center it was at a depth of 10 km and is 54 km south of Sparta in the Mediterranean Sea.

There is no evidence of injured people for now.

More than 100 People Suffered an Earthquake in Iran

At least 106 people have suffered an earthquake in the Iranian province of Boyer Ahmad and Kohgluie, said the head of the Emergency Medical Center in Jalal Puraranfar province, quoted by the BBC.

According to the US Seismological Center, the earthquake has a magnitude 5.3 on the Richter scale and is registered in southern Iran. The hearth is at a depth of 10 kilometers.

Earthquake in Topolovgrad

An earthquake measured 2.2 on the Richter scale is registered on the territory of Bulgaria near Topolovgrad.

The earthquake is registered at 9:40 am this morning with an epicenter 13 km southeast of Topolovgrad, according to the European Seismological Center. The depth of the earthquake is 7 km.

No evidence of any damages.

Seismologists reassuring about 4.2-quake near Athens

Seismologists were reassuring on Wednesday about a moderate earthquake, measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale, which hit the capital late on Tuesday night. 

Seismologist Efthymis Lekkas told Kathimerini that the quake was not of immediate cause for concern but that experts were monitoring seismic activity in the area. 

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