Powerful magnitude 6.3 earthquake strikes off coast of Greece, tsunami warning issued

An earthquake of magnitude 6.3 struck off the island of Crete in Greece on Wednesday, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 52 miles, GFZ said.

Residents in Egypt also felt the quake with the country’s National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics reporting no casualties or property damage.

Agios Nikolaos and Voulismeni lake in Crete island, Greece. Vladimir Sazonov – stock.adobe.com

The institute said it recorded a quake of 6.4 magnitude 431 km off Egypt’s northern coasts.