ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Two earthquakes with magnitude 5.3 and 4.7 rocked the jap Aegean Sea island of Samos on Wednesday however no accidents to individuals or harm to constructions had been reported, Greek authorities stated.
The bigger quake struck at 1:10 p.m., about 14 minutes after the primary, the Athens Geodynamic Institute stated. Each had their epicenters within the sea 22 kilometers (14 miles) southwest of Samos.
The Hearth Service and native authorities on Samos stated they acquired no studies of accidents or harm.
In 2020, a stronger quake struck Samos and the close by Turkish coast, killing two highschool college students on the island and a minimum of 75 individuals in Turkey, the place greater than 1,000 had been injured.
Greece lies in a extremely seismically lively space and earthquakes are widespread, though extreme harm and deaths aren’t. In 1999, a quake close to the capital, Athens, killed 143 individuals..
