The Earthquake in Greece, Italy to Bosnia felt the shock

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Hello everyone, after the earthquake occurred in Palu, Donggala, Indonesia with 7.4-magnitude on September 28th, 2018 a month ago, now Greece is also suffering the same sadness. A powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake occurred in Greece on October 26th (7 days ago), 2018, at 01:54 on Friday (22:54 GMT).

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Reporting from Channel News Asia, on Friday (10/26), the Greek Geodynamic Institute reported that the earthquake was 6.4-magnitude and centered at 50 Km in the south-west of Zakynthos. The shock of this super powerful earthquake was felt even to the Greek capital, Athens, and had an impact in surrounding countries such as Italy, Bosnia, Albania, Maltha, and Libya.

According to the USGS (United States Geological Survey), at first, it was known that an earthquake 7.0-magnitude would occur in Greece, but then this information was revised according to reports from the European-Mediterranean Seismology Center (EMSC) to 6.8-magnitude. The epicenter is in the Ionian Sea, located 130 km south-west of Patras, Peloponnese Peninsula, precisely at 14 Km on the Ionian Sea.

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Part of the southern region of Greece is a meeting of two tectonic plates, this is what caused earthquake in southern Greece. A report from USGS said that a powerful shock occurred at 01:54 a.m. local time, followed by several other aftershocks.

This heavy shock caused power outages and damage around the port of Zakynthos, not far from the epicenter. And up to now we have not yet known how many victims were affected by the earthquake and we have shared our condolences over the calamities experienced by Greece and other countrries that are currently in disaster.