3.7 earthquake strikes off coast of Crete

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3.7 earthquake strikes off coast of Crete

It had a depth of 20 kilometres

Newsroom October 9 03:24

A 3.7 earthquake on the Richter scale occurred at 12:21 in the sea area off the coast of Crete.

The epicentre was reported 52 kilometres south of Paleochora, with a depth of 20 kilometres.

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