Light quake jolts Arkalochori on Crete

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Widely felt earthquake M 4.1 - CRETE, GREECE - 2022-07-13 08:19:53

 light eartquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale was recorded at 11:29 on Wednesday, the Athens National Observatory Geodynamic Institute announced.
The tremor's epicentre was located 342 km south-southeast of Athens and 6 km northwest of the town of Arkalochori, Crete.

In 365 AD, the island experienced an estimated M 8.6 earthquake that generated a giant tsunami that greatly affected coastal areas around the eastern Mediterranean basin.

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