Two Large Quakes Hit Southern Greece; First Measuring Mag. 7.0
Mitch Battros
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Two large earthquakes have hit southern Greece today, the first measuring a 'revised' 7.0 magnitude. The second quake, which came two hours later, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 shaking Athens and rocking towns as far south as the island of Crete, including hundreds of holiday destinations.
Quakes were felt in the capital. Despite the size of the tremors, there have been no reports of casualties or damage to buildings so far. Witnesses have told how the first tremor lasted at least 15 seconds.
It sent people rushing out of buildings in cities across southern Greece. It struck shortly after noon local time (10am UK time) with an epicenter beneath the seabed south of the city of Kalamata in the Peloponnese, about 140 miles south of the capital.
6.6 Earthquake Strikes Indonesia; Tsunami Alert Issued
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 rocked eastern Indonesia early this morning prompting a tsunami alert. The country's meteorological agency said the tremor was centered 275 kilometers southwest of Maluku province at a depth of 10 kilometers.
In December 2004, a tsunami triggered by an underwater earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people near Indian Ocean coastlines, including more than 160,000 people in Indonesia's Aceh province.
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