Moderate 5.4-magnitude earthquake shakes holiday island of Crete – the third to jolt Greece so far on Boxing Day
- The quake reportedly struck 170km east of Heraklion the EMSC said on Twitter
- The Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at a depth of 6.4km (3.9 miles)
- There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage following the earthquake
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has shook the Greek holiday island of Crete – the third to jolt Greece so far on Boxing Day.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier reported the tremor as having a magnitude of 6.0.
The quake reportedly struck 170km east of Heraklion, the capital city of Crete, the EMSC said in a Twitter post.
On its website, the Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at a depth of 6.4km (3.9 miles).
There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage following the earthquake.
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 has shook the Greek holiday island of Crete – the third to jolt Greece so far on Boxing Day
![The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier reported the tremor as having a magnitude of 6.0](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/26/19/52240561-10345955-image-a-33_1640547724186.jpg)
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) earlier reported the tremor as having a magnitude of 6.0
On October 12, a powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake rocked Crete – two weeks after another tremor killed a man on the Greek island and damaged hundreds of buildings.
A tsunami alert was issued and witnesses reported feeling a ‘massive tremor’ at 12.24pm local time (9.24am GMT) with houses shaking side to side after the quake struck 31 miles south-east of the port town of Sitia.
A church collapsed and officials reported landslides while seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos predicted small waves on the southern coast and urged people to move away from the shores.
Magnitude 4.1 and 4.5 quakes – believed to be aftershocks – took place minutes later, the Geodynamic Institute in Athens said.
![The quake reportedly struck 170km east of Heraklion, the capital city of Crete, the EMSC said in a Twitter post](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/26/19/52240559-10345955-image-a-34_1640547749448.jpg)
The quake reportedly struck 170km east of Heraklion, the capital city of Crete, the EMSC said in a Twitter post