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Greece is on high alert! 🌊 A magnitude 6.0 earthquake has sparked tsunami warnings, making this a moment to stay informed and prepared. Let's keep our thoughts with those impacted by this natural ...
An urgent tsunami alert was sounded on the Greek island this morning after a significant 6.0 magnitude tremor hit near the coast of Crete, Greece's most densely populated island.
On this day in 1956, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake and tsunami hit Santorini, the largest to ever be recorded in Europe in the ...
An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 52 miles, GFZ said.
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the coast of Crete, Greece, on Thursday morning, prompting a tsunami warning from European authorities. The tremor’s epicentre was located 58 km north ...
Greece and Turkey are both situated in one of the world’s most active earthquake zones. In 1999, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey’s northwest, killing more than 17,000 people ...
But Greece's tsunami should not affect the rest of the world that much. Greece is a relatively small country -- its $250 billion GDP economy accounts for 2% of the Eurozone's GDP.
A team of German and Greek scientists has now combined that historical knowledge with 3D seismic mapping and computer simulations to determine why the volcano's violent eruption triggered a tsunami.
Greece is one of Europe’s most earthquake-prone countries. Just last week, the country issued another tsunami warning after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the island of Kasos.