Earthquake hits Greek island of Kasos - Global Happenings

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Greece with an epicentre located at sea 15 km from the island of Kassos, in the South Aegean Sea

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck off the Greek island of Fry, located between Crete and Rhodes, according to the US Geological Survey. The offshore quake struck at a depth of 78.4 kilometers, about 15 kilometers from Fry at 01:51 on Wednesday night. There are no reports of damage. The USGS classifies the quake as a...

According to the U.S. Geological Service, it was registered at 78 km depth. Currently there are no reports of possible damage caused by the seism.

The Sisim epicenter is located about 100 kilometers from the coast of Crete and the island of Santorini.

"A one-time earthquake" was the strong earthquake measuring 6 on the Richter scale that occurred off Kasos, according to the president of the OASP, Efthimis Lekkas.

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 hit Greece early in the morning, the epicenter being in the sea, at 15 kilometers south of the island of Kasos, in the Aegean Sea, according to the U.S. Geophysics Institute (USGS), reports AFP.