A light earthquake measuring 4.8 magnitude on the Richter scale was recorded on Wednesday morning south of the city of Heraklion on the island of Crete, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.
The quake occurred at 10:23 am (local time) 11 kilometers southeast of the small port village Kaloi Limenes located in the Heraklion regional unit.
One minute earlier, a 4.0 magnitude tremor was also recorded 32 kilometers south-southeast of the mountainous village of Miamou in Heraklion, Crete.
The first earthquake had a focal depth of 10 kilometers, while the second one was only two kilometers deep
This is the latest in a series of tremors recorded in Greece. In June, a light 4.9 magnitude earthquake on the Richter scale was recorded in the Ilia prefecture, southwest mainland Greece in the Peloponnese.
The epicenter was pinpointed at 17 kilometers south of the Ionian Sea harbor town of Kyllini and 10 kilometers southwest of the town of Andravida, both located in the northwest part of the Peloponnese province.
The area covering Western Greece, starting from Corfu to Western Crete is considered by experts to be the most earthquake-prone in the country. As they explain tectonic plate movements in the Eastern Mediterranean region have caused some unique geological characteristics.
