An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck off the Greek island of Euboea on Monday night and was strongly felt in Athens.
According to the Institute of Geodynamics of the National Observatory of Athens, the epicentre of the earthquake, which occurred at 00:30 local time (23:30 in Italy), was located in the sea 45 km north-east of the Greek capital and 4 km off the coast of the seaside resort of Nea Styra, in the south-west of the island of Euboea, the second largest in Greece.
No casualties or damage have been reported so far.
On the public television channel ERT, the mayor of the city of Marathon, Stergios Tsirkas, who was near the epicenter, assured: "The earthquake was very strong," adding that "so far no damage has been reported."
(Unioneonline)