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Moderate earthquake hits Crete, Greece
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October 4, 2010
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An earthquake hit the island of Crete in Greece on Sunday morning. The
European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre measured it as magnitude
5.4, and reported the earthquake occurred at a depth of 60 kilometers,
132 kilometers southeast of Iraklion. The earthquake took place at
18:21:01 local time (15:21:01 UTC).

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the earthquake
had a magnitude of 5.0, and that it occurred at a depth of 28.8
kilometers.

According to the USGS, the epicenter was centered 125 kilometers
east-southeast of Iraklion, Crete; 220 kilometers southwest of Rodos,
Dodecanese Islands; 230 kilometers east-southeast of Chania, Crete; and
405 kilometers southeast of Athens.

USGS noted that an aftershock occurred at 15:35:36, with a magnitude of
4.4, at a depth of 35 kilometers.

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