An earthquake measuring five on the Richter scale on Saturday shook the Greek island of Zakynthos, though no damage was immediately reported, the Geodynamic Observatory Institute in Athens said.
The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 8.32am local time was in the Ionian Sea about 330km south-west of Athens, the institute said.
”No damage has been reported up to now, but the quake was felt on the island of Zakynthos,” Fanis Halaris, a seismologist at the institute, said. He added that it was also felt in the city of Pyrgos on the main Peloponnese peninsula.
Greece accounts for about half the earthquakes recorded in Europe. — AFP
