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Mediterranean Greece: thousands of people run in the open air
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On the island of Zakynthos, in the Ionian Sea, people rushed to the streets after the earthquake to seek protection
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A violent earthquake in the Ionian Sea rocked Greece on Friday morning.
- The center of the earthquake was around the island of Zakynthos and had a magnitude between 6.6 and 6.9.
- The earthquake was felt in Greece, Malta, Albania and southern Italy and along the west coast of Turkey.
ea strong earthquake in the Ionian Sea rocked Greece on Friday morning and left many people awake. The center of the earthquake was measured by various seismic stations in the region around the island of Zakynthos and had a magnitude between 6.6 and 6.9. The earthquake was felt throughout Greece, Malta, Albania and southern Italy, as well as on the west coast of Turkey. At the beginning, no case of injury was reported. According to Greek seismologists, there was no tsunami, so there was no reason to trigger a tsunami warning.
"The earthquake was very strong," Zakynthos Mayor Pavlos Kolokotsas told Greek radio. "We have no serious damage, I have no information about the wounded." Thousands of terrorists rushed to the streets, seeking refuge in parks. Many wanted to spend the night in their cars. Schools will be closed on Fridays and should be supervised by structural engineers.
Local media reported that the earthquake damaged parts of the port of Zakynthos. Pictures of a long crack along the harbor promenade have been shown. In addition, a monastery on the small island of Strofadi suffered damage, as reported by state television (ERT).
"It was a strong earthquake in the Ionian Sea," Geologist Efthymios Lekkas told Greek radio. The center of the earthquake was about 44 kilometers west of Zakynthos, about 10 kilometers under the seabed. "There have been several aftershocks," added Lekkas. According to the vice governor of the Ionian Islands, Lefteris Notopoulos, after an initial inspection of the police and firefighters of Zakynthos, no information was provided on the wounded.
Power outage
Residents of Zakynthos said that the water course had failed in most of the island. "We are in cars with our children now, people are scared, I see damage to the walls of houses here," said a witness to the Greek news channel "90.1".
The Google Earth satellite image shows the Greek island of Zakynthos and a marker above the center of an earthquake about 44 kilometers west of Zakynthos.
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The Ionian Sea region is threatened latently by earthquakes. In the west of the archipelago, a deep ditch lies on the seabed, where the European continental plate and the African continental plate meet. Due to the friction of the huge plates, many earthquakes are triggered.
In 1953, a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook the region and claimed the lives of nearly 500 people. Almost all the villages of Kefalonia and Zakynthos have been razed.
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