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Strong earthquake hits Greece
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14:28, January 06, 2008

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Strong earthquakes jolted most parts of Greece Sunday morning.

In the capital city Athens, people have felt strong jolts.

"Strong shakes woke me up," said Christos Fotiadis, an editor of a local newspaper.

The magnitude of the quake was 6.5 on the Richter scale, local TV reported.

The epicenter of the quake, which stroke at approximately 07:15 a.m. local time (0515 GMT), was near Sparti in Central Peloponnese,and seismologists remain on alert, the reports said.

So far there were no reports of casualties and damages.

Source:Xinhua



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