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The damage is observed at the port of Zakynthos Island, Greece, on Friday, October 26, 2018. A powerful magnitude 6.8 earthquake, occurred before dawn, hit the tourist island from Zakynthos, in the west of Greece, to the sea as far as Athens, but authorities claim that there were no immediate reports of major injuries or injuries . (imerazante.gr via AP) (Associated Press)
ATHENS, Greece – A powerful earthquake on a tourist island in western Greece early Friday morning was felt as far back as Athens, but no major damage or injury was immediately reported.
The main port of Zakynthos Island, in the Ionian Sea, was damaged even though it was still functional, said spokesman for the Civil Protection Agency, Spyros Georgiou. Images of the port showed a cracked and veiled roadway near moored boats.
Electricity was lost in the island capital and the main city, also called Zakynthos, but no major damage has been reported in this locality.
"We are checking villages on the island, where there are several older buildings," he told the Associated Press. "The lack of electricity is a problem, but the technicians are trying to restore power."
The fire services said that landslides had been reported in another part of the island and that part of the wall of a church had collapsed in the city of Pyrgos, in the south of Peloponnese. A couple of people were treated for minor injuries.
Georgiou said that a tsunami warning had been issued, although none had materialized two hours after the earthquake.
The US geological survey indicated that the submarine earthquake had a magnitude of 6.8 and its epicenter was 33 kilometers southwest of Mouzaki, in the south of the island. It had a depth of 14 kilometers and struck just before 2 am local time (2300 GMT Thursday).
The Institute of Geodynamics at the University of Athens, the main earthquake monitoring center in Greece, measured the magnitude at 6.4 and reported that it had a depth of 5 km. Measures of earthquake intensity may vary depending on the equipment used by each institution and other factors.
Moderate seismic bank and replica also shook the area. The village of Mouzaki is close to the famous tourist resort of Laganas.
The earthquake shook all of western Greece and was deeply felt in the capital, 280 km northeast of Zakynthos.
Greece is one of the most earthquake-prone regions in the world, with thousands of earthquakes each year. But few people cause serious injury or damage. In 1999, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake on the outskirts of Athens killed 143 people.
Zakynthos has had severe earthquakes in the past and therefore has a very strict building safety code.
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