Cluster of small earthquakes hit South Crete

A cluster of small earthquakes hit the south of Crete on Monday evening. Two of the tremors (4.4R at 20:41 and 4.0R at 23:14) were felt in Tympaki.

The epicentre of all the quakes was around the same area, 38 kilometres southeast of Tympaki with the 4.4 occurring at a depth of about 51 kilometres

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Earthquakes around Crete are a daily occurrence. To keep up to speed with the latest earthquakes in this area go to the EMSC site at http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Map/zoom.php?key=104&typ=euro#2

(It is not worth getting out of bed for anything less than a magnitude 4R)