Status: 10/19/2021 12:42 p.m.
Another seaquake shocked the people in Crete and southwestern Turkey. It had a magnitude of 6.0. So far, nothing is known about damage or possible victims.
There has been another major earthquake in the eastern Mediterranean. It was felt on the Greek island of Crete and in villages on the southwestern coast of Turkey. According to the US Earthquake Monitoring Center (USGS), the quake had a magnitude of 6.0. According to the Turkish disaster control agency Afad, the quake occurred at 8:32 a.m. 155 kilometers from the coast.
The Greek seismologist Efthymios Lekkas ruled out damage: The quake occurred at a great depth of 58.5 kilometers, so there is no danger of a tsunami, he told the Greek newspaper “To Proto Thema” in the morning.
Quakes can apparently also be felt in other cities
According to Greek state television, the quake was also said to have been felt on the islands of Santorini and Rhodes. According to Reuters news agency, the quake was also felt in the Cypriot capital Nicosia, Beirut, Cairo and other cities in Egypt, parts of Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Only last week a seaquake of magnitude 6.3 near Crete had startled the people; it could be felt as far as the Greek capital of Athens, some 400 kilometers away. Three weeks ago, a person was killed in a similarly strong earthquake in Crete.
There are also frequent earthquakes in Turkey – the country lies on large fault lines. A strong earthquake in northwest Turkey in 1999 killed at least 17,000 people.