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Crete
Crete in Richter’s rhythms
At noon there was an earthquake in eastern Crete, which was felt quite a bit in Heraklion.
According to the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens, the earthquake was registered at 15.36, had a magnitude of 4.9 Richter, with an epicenter of 50 km NW of Sitia in Lassithi prefecture and with a focal depth of 26.5 km.
According to the Euro-Mediterranean Institute, with its revised measure, the earthquake also had a magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter scale, 51 kilometers NW of Sitia.
An earthquake with almost the same epicenter followed a few minutes later, with a magnitude of 2.9 Richter, with a focal depth of 10 km, 54 km north-northeast of Sitia.
An earthquake of 2.8 on the Richter scale was also recorded on 08/16, with a focal depth of 10.6 km, centered 53 km NW of Sitia and at 16:32, another magnitude 2.8 earthquake with a focal depth of 10 km and an epicenter. of 47 km. . BBA of Sitia.
It is recalled that a seismic earthquake was recorded at 9:19 am on Thursday, west of Crete, with a magnitude of 4 on the Richter scale, with a focus 56 km southwest of Paleochora and a focal depth of 5, 7 km.
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