Athens (dpa) - Two earthquakes measuring magnitudes of 4.6 and 5.3 struck, within minutes of each other, the holiday island of Crete around midday on Saturday, the media reported.

Prominent Greek seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos cautioned at the time that the current earthquake sequence - displayed on live seismic maps as a growing cluster of dots between the islands of ...

Around 9,000 people, including visitors and residents, flee Greek island of Santorini over fears of a major earthquake.

It was located 69 km south-southwest of the city of Rethymno on the island of Crete – a tourist haven, with more than six million arrivals in 2025.

Two earthquakes measuring 4.6 and 5.3 on the Richter scale shook the vacation island of Crete around noon, just minutes apart. The epicenters of the quakes were located about 14 kilometers below the ...

ISTANBUL -- A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring over 500 amid collapsed buildings and ...

Greek seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos lists Greece’s 15 most powerful known earthquakes, from ancient Crete to Amorgos.

No injuries ​were reported, but ​there ⁠were some reports of ⁠rocks falling from the tremor, which was ⁠felt in the Greek capital about 130 km (80 miles) away from ⁠the epicentre in northern Evia.

Persistent earthquakes on the Greek island of Santorini force a cruise ship to change its planned route. Instead, the "Viking Star" calls at a port on Crete.