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A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck disconnected the seashore of the Greek land of Crete connected Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said, with nary contiguous reports of casualties oregon damage.
The tremor occurred astatine a extent of astir 13 kilometres (8 miles), astir 11.5 kilometres southeast of Ierapetra, a metropolis connected Crete’s coast.
It struck astatine astir 6.18 americium (1.18pm AEST), USGS said.
Greece, whose islands are fashionable with tourists, was deed with aggregate tremors successful 2025, including a 5.3-magnitude quake past June that damaged astatine slightest three centuries-old monasteries successful the spiritual enclave of Mount Athos successful bluish Greece.
Source: AFP
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