A series of low-magnitude earthquakes struck large Evia (Euboea) island on Sunday morning, with some of the tremors also being weakly felt in parts of the greater Athens-Piraeus agglomeration, although no damage or injuries were reported.
According to the revised solution issued by the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens, the strongest tremor, measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale, occurred at 10:11 a.m. local time (07:11 GMT). Its epicenter was located nine kilometers west-southwest of Prokopi, in north-central Evia, at a focal depth of 12.9 kilometers.
A second earthquake, measuring 3.3 on the Richter scale, followed about five minutes later at 10:16 a.m. local time (07:16 GMT), in the same area and at a focal depth of 15.3 kilometers.
Several smaller tremors, measuring 2.7, 2.3 and 2.2 on the Richter scale, were recorded before, between and after the two strongest shocks, according to seismographic data.
The latest seismic activity comes about a month after a stronger earthquake sequence struck the Prokopi area of northern Evia. The June 7 earthquakes, the strongest of which measured 5.2 on the Richter scale, triggered localized landslides, damaged homes and disrupted sections of the local road network.
Authorities subsequently carried out structural inspections, closed primary schools as a precaution and monitored an extended aftershock sequence that continued for several days.
