Two earthquakes over 4R in the afternoon -East of Agios Nikolaos

Two earthquakes of 4.3R and 4.5 R within minutes of each other were felt in some parts of eastern part of Crete  just before 16:00 this afternoon.

No damage to buildings was reported in either incident

Region CRETE, GREECE
Date time 2015-05-28 12:59:24.9 UTC
Location 35.01 N ; 26.82 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 379 km S of İzmir, Turkey / pop: 2,500,603 / local time: 15:59:24.9 2015-05-28
157 km E of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 137,154 / local time: 15:59:24.9 2015-05-28
103 km E of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece / pop: 10,799 / local time: 15:59:24.9 2015-05-28
56 km E of Palaíkastron, Greece / pop: 1,094 / local time: 15:59:24.9 2015-05-28
Magnitude mb 4.3
Region CRETE, GREECE
Date time 2015-05-28 12:56:41.0 UTC
Location 35.07 N ; 26.64 E
Depth 10 km
Distances 374 km S of İzmir, Turkey / pop: 2,500,603 / local time: 15:56:41.0 2015-05-28
139 km E of Irákleion, Greece / pop: 137,154 / local time: 15:56:41.0 2015-05-28
86 km E of Ágios Nikólaos, Greece / pop: 10,799 / local time: 15:56:41.0 2015-05-28
38 km E of Palaíkastron, Greece / pop: 1,094 / local time: 15:56:41.0 2015-05-28

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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

Today’s earthquake report from EMSC

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No damage to buildings was reported in either incident.