A strong seismic tremor of magnitude 5.7 on the Richter scale (according to the revised solution of the Geodynamic Institute of the Athens Observatory , occurred at 01:14 after midnight (Tuesday 22/6), in the submarine area of the Dodecanese and near Tilos.
The Geodynamic Institute gave the focal depth of the earthquake at 14.4 km and the epicenter at 24 km west - southwest of Nisyros.
“We are not worried by it, but our attention has turned to that particular area where seismic activity has been recorded in the past month-and-a-half,” Efthymios Lekkas, a professor of dynamic tectonic applied geology at Athens University, told Antenna TV on Tuesday morning.
The 5.7-Richter tremor was followed by several aftershocks and came hours after another earthquake of 3.6 Richter struck the same area on Monday.
