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Sunday, June 16, 2013

Moderate 6.2 quake strikes south coast of Greek island of Crete US geological survey

US geological survey , but there was no immediate warning of a tsunami. The earthquake struck at 6:11pm (1611 GMT) around 60 kilometres (37 miles) south of the town of Pirgos at a depth of 10 kilometres, the USGS said, adding that there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. According to the Athens Observatory, it was a "very strong" quake which it put at a magnitude of 5.9 ...

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