Greece was shaken by a powerful earthquake

At the time, the Athenian Institute of Geodynamics indicated that the earthquake, which was felt in central and northern Greece, was 6 points in magnitude.

According to the Institute, the epicenter of the earthquake was 21 km south of Elasona, near Larissa.

According to local media, residents of the city of Larissa ran from the buildings to the streets due to an underground coup.

“Everything happened very quickly, people escaped from the buildings, they were still feeling repeated blows,” Chrisula Kaciuli, an employee of the Elasona City Council, told AFP.

The fire department, based on preliminary information, reported that at least one home and one school had been damaged. Police also closed a bridge after cracks after the earthquake.

Another local official said a school in the city of Damascus near the epicenter was also damaged.

“Fortunately, the teachers were able to get the children out very quickly, so there are no victims,” ​​Tirnavas Mayor Janis Kokuras told Skai TV.

Greek media also reported that a man was rescued from an earthquake trapped in his home in the town of Mesochorio. Television showed that one of the side walls of the house had completely collapsed.

The Civil Protection Agency also reported several landslides in the region. The services are investigating whether any other damage has been caused.

After the earthquake, at least three repeated blows were recorded, one of which was 4 force points.

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Seismologist Jerasimas Papadopoulas told Skai radio that more severe repeat shocks could occur.

However, experts stressed that the tectonic faults in the region are causing stronger earthquakes than those that occurred on Wednesday.

Greece is in a seismically active region and suffers hundreds of underground shocks every year, although most of them are weak, not harmful or not felt at all.

The last earthquake in Greece that claimed human lives occurred in October last year. The epicenter of the seven-point earthquake was at the bottom of the Aegean Sea, between the Greek island of Samos and the western Turkish city of Izmir.

It killed 114 people, most of them in Turkey, and injured more than 1,100. Two teenagers died on the Greek island of Samos.