5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Athens

World » SOUTHEAST EUROPE | June 9, 2015, Tuesday // 07:33
Bulgaria: 5.2-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Athens Photo by BGNES

A 5.2-magnitude earthquake shook Athens Tuesday morning.

There have been no reports of casualties, injured, or damage so far.

The earthquake struck at 4:09 a.m. in the Aegean Sea, with an epicenter located at a depth of 13 kilometers, 80 kilometers north of Athens, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center.

According to reports of the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens, as cited by RIA Novosti, the epicenter of the earthquake was located at a depth of 5 kilometers, 24 kilometers away from Khalkidhiki and 77 kilometers away from Athens.

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