By Alexia Vlachou, Maria Spiliopoulou
ATHENS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua)
-- Greek authorities were put on alert on Saturday for the next two days after a 6.2-degree earthquake on the Richter scale jolted the southern Aegean Sea island of Crete.
The strong tremor which hit in early afternoon and was felt in Athens and other areas up to 300 kilometers from its epicenter off the western coast of Crete, caused minor material damages, but no injuries, according to local officials.
An elderly man jumped off a first floor balcony, but was not injured, local media reported, as the General Secretariat for Civil Protection was gathering data on the impact on buildings and infrastructure.
ATHENS, Oct. 12 (Xinhua)
-- Greek authorities were put on alert on Saturday for the next two days after a 6.2-degree earthquake on the Richter scale jolted the southern Aegean Sea island of Crete.
The strong tremor which hit in early afternoon and was felt in Athens and other areas up to 300 kilometers from its epicenter off the western coast of Crete, caused minor material damages, but no injuries, according to local officials.
An elderly man jumped off a first floor balcony, but was not injured, local media reported, as the General Secretariat for Civil Protection was gathering data on the impact on buildings and infrastructure.




