Earthquake: Quake Rattles Greece

news.ert.gr - Society - Quake Rattles Greece: "A very strong earthquake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale rocked Greece at 13:34, while its epicentre was located in the sea, between the islands of Crete and Kythira, 215km SW of Athens and 92km NW of Chania, Crete, and it lasted 30 seconds. According to the Director of the Athens National Observatory Geodynamics Institute, Giorgos Stavrakakis, the epicentre was located 70km below sea level, while he stressed that it was the great depth that 'saved us', since a similar earthquake on land would have been disastrous, a fact seconded by all the Greek seismologists"