New earthquake in southern Crete – Crete



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The seismic activity on the island has been continuous in the last hours.

A new earthquake occurred in the sea area south of Heraklion prefecture on Saturday afternoon.

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The earthquake measured 4 on the Richter scale and was recorded at 12.39, 119 kilometers from Arvi with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

It is recalled that the seismic activity in the south of Crete has been continuous in the last hours.

Specifically and according to Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, a seismic tremor occurred at 11.23 on Saturday morning with a magnitude of 3.2 Richter with a focus of 95 km NNA from Arvi and a focal depth of 1.9 km.

Seismic activity was observed last night, off southern Crete.

Specifically, an earthquake occurred at 02.36 in the morning, with a magnitude of 3.9 on the Richter scale.

Its epicenter was recorded 95 km south of Arvi in ​​Heraklion prefecture and with a focal depth of 10 km.

At 05.16 in the morning, a new earthquake of magnitude 3.1 was recorded, 82 kilometers south of Ierapetra and with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

And all this exactly one week after the great earthquake that occurred in the Ierapetra sea area, with an intensity of 6 degrees on the Richter scale.



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