5.2-magnitude tremor strikes off Greek island of Crete

ATHENS, Greece — A 5.2-magnitude earthquake has jolted Greece’s confederate islands, but nary harm oregon casualties person been reported truthful far.

The tremor struck astatine 5:15 p.m. (1515 GMT) eastbound of the land of Crete and astatine the extent of 9 kilometers (5.6 miles), the Institute of Geodynamics reported successful Athens.

The earthquake was felt successful Crete and the islands of Karpathos, Kassos, Rhodes and Santorini, according to section media.

An unrelated 4.0-magnitude tremor besides deed astatine 6:14 p.m. (1614 GMT) westbound of Athens, the Institute of Geodynamics reported. The epicenter was astatine a extent of 16.7 kilometers (10.4 miles), it said.

Tremors of that magnitude are not uncommon successful Greece, which lies adjacent to a gathering constituent betwixt the African and Eurasian tectonic plates.