Seismic magnitude scales

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.

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. 

Thirteen people were injured in an earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale, registered in the southeast Turkish district of Adayaman during the night. The earthquake has caused many material damage, Turkish CNN-Turk reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale was registered in central Italy at 5:11 local time, according to data from the European Mediterranean Seismological Center, quoted by FOCUS News Agency. The epicenter of the quake was 138 km north of the capital Rome and 53 km east of Perugia.

No victims, injured or material damage have been reported so far.

At least 18 people died in an earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scale in Papua New Guinea, local authorities said.

The earthquake occurred on Tuesday in a remote mountain area, about 600 km from the capital, Port Morsby. It was followed by two secondary quakes with a magnitude above 5 on the Richter that forced people to leave their homes due to landslide fears.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 on the Richter scale is located off the coast of central Chile. This shows a reference to the US Geological Survey website (USGS).

An earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter scale was registered in the territory of Croatia on Saturday and was felt in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the European Seismological Center reported.

An earthquake of magnitude 2.6 on the Richter scale was registered this morning in the Republic of Macedonia. The epicenter of the earthquake is 6 km. east of the Macedonian capital Skopje, the Seismological Institute reports.

An earthquake of magnitude 4.7 on the Richter scale was registered in the western part of Iran, the Euro-Mediterranean seismic center reported.

Another weak earthquake of 3.9 magnitude magnitude was recorded last night in Kilkis, northern Greece, according to the Institute of Geodynamics in Athens, the Greek edition of Kathimerini reports.