A strong, 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday, according to the United States Geological ...

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Tremors were felt strongly across the Greek islands of Crete and Rhodes (Picture ... the Athens Geodynamic Institute said. A map showing where the earthquake was detected (Picture: Metro ...

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An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck off the island of Crete in Greece and was felt as far away as Egypt in the early morning hours on Wednesday. The quake was at a depth of 35 km (22 miles ...

The quake hit near the islands of Kasos and Karpathos, smaller islands near Crete’s east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, with a depth of 35km (22 miles), the Athens Geodynamic Institute said.