Athens, Nov 8: A 4.8 magnitude earthquake struck about 140
kilometres west of Athens provoking some light damage to buildings but
no reports of injuries, officials have said.
The quake, considered weak by Greece's earthquake observatory, hit at
2242 IST yesterday and was epicentered about five km off the coast of
the town of Aigio in the Gulf of Corinth.
A church and an abandoned building in Aigio were damaged, according to
initial reports from the Greek media. There were no immediate
indications of any injuries. Aigio was the epicentre of a Richter Scale
magnitude 6 earthquake in 1995, which killed over 20 people and caused
major damage to buildings.
Earthquakes are frequent in Greece and just in January several thousand
people found themselves homeless on the island of Cephalonia in the
Ionian Islands after a 5.8 magnitude quake
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