Greece 6.7

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==




Region: SOUTHERN GREECE
Geographic coordinates: 36.626N, 21.791E
Magnitude: 6.7 Mw
Depth: 30 km
Universal Time (UTC): 14 Feb 2008 10:09:23
Time near the Epicenter: 14 Feb 2008 12:09:23
Local standard time in your area: 14 Feb 2008 10:09:23

Location with respect to nearby cities:
54 km (33 miles) SSW (213 degrees) of Kalamata, Greece
179 km (111 miles) S (178 degrees) of Patras, Greece
230 km (143 miles) SW (229 degrees) of ATHENS, Greece

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== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==


Region: SOUTHERN GREECE
Geographic coordinates: 36.439N, 21.897E
Magnitude: 6.4 Mw
Depth: 30 km
Universal Time (UTC): 14 Feb 2008 12:08:56
Time near the Epicenter: 14 Feb 2008 14:08:56
Local standard time in your area: 14 Feb 2008 12:08:56

Location with respect to nearby cities:
69 km (43 miles) SSW (197 degrees) of Kalamata, Greece
200 km (124 miles) S (176 degrees) of Patras, Greece
217 km (135 miles) WNW (299 degrees) of Chania, Crete, Greece
238 km (148 miles) SW (224 degrees) of ATHENS, Greece

This is related to the full Lunar eclipse. There should be more climatic events on the way.

Quote :

Two large earthquakes have hit southern Greece today, the first measuring a 'revised' 7.0 magnitude. The second quake, which came two hours later, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 shaking Athens and rocking towns as far south as the island of Crete, including hundreds of holiday destinations.

Quakes were felt in the capital. Despite the size of the tremors, there have been no reports of casualties or damage to buildings so far. Witnesses have told how the first tremor lasted at least 15 seconds.


It sent people rushing out of buildings in cities across southern Greece. It struck shortly after noon local time (10am UK time) with an epicenter beneath the seabed south of the city of Kalamata in the Peloponnese, about 140 miles south of the capital.