Successive quakes with a magnitude ranging from 4.3 to 5.2 hit the Greek island of Evia, northeast of Athens, on Sunday, but no injuries were reported, the civil protection ministry said.
There were some small-scale landslides across the road network and slight damage to a few houses from the tremor in northern Evia, the ministry said. The quake was felt in the Greek capital about 130 km (80 miles) away.
Scientists said seismic activity has been usual on the island’s north – home to scattered villages that sit on multiple faults – and there was no reason for serious concern. However, authorities have been monitoring the situation closely. Greece is one of Europe’s most earthquake-prone countries but most quakes have caused no casualties.
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Last year a huge increase in seismic activity caused chaos on Greece’s most popular holiday island, with tourists issued with safety warnings.
A spike in seismic activity on Santorini spooked many on the island with concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake.
Residents and visitors were advised to avoid large indoor gatherings and areas where rock slides could occur in Febuary 2025, while hotels were instructed to drain swimming pools to reduce potential building damage from an earthquake
Precautions were also ordered on several nearby Aegean Sea islands — all popular summer vacation destinations — after more than 200 undersea earthquakes were recorded in the area over just three days.
Crescent-shaped Santorini is a premier tourism destination with daily arrivals via commercial flights, ferries, and cruise ships. The island draws more than three million visitors annually to its whitewashed villages, built along dramatic cliffs formed by a massive volcanic eruption more than 3,500 years ago.
Prominent Greek seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos cautioned at the time that the current earthquake sequence – displayed on live seismic maps as a growing cluster of dots between the islands of Santorini, Ios, Amorgos, and Anafi — could indicate a larger impending event.
Elsewhere, on Friday an earthquake of magnitude 5.4 struck Guerrero state in Mexico, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
The quake was felt slightly in Mexico City but was not intense.
It was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ added.
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