A 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Greece on Sept. 27, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
Local news website Ekathimerini said that there were no reports of injuries or damage. But the tremor was felt among residents in the city of Kalamata, Reuters reported.
The quake hit 17 miles from Methoni and at a depth of 6 miles, the agency said.
“It is not something that surprises us. The same exact region had produced another earthquake a few months ago,” seismologist Gerasimos Houliaras told the website. He added that several smaller aftershocks were also noted in the region.
Last month, Greece was hit by a 5.1-magnitude and a 4.4-magnitude earthquake.
Greece regularly. experiences earthquakes, as the country is located at the complex boundary zone in the eastern Mediterranean between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate, the USGS says.
“The east-trending zones are most prominent in mainland Greece, are characterized by predominantly normal faulting, and have produced earthquakes with magnitudes of about 7. The northeast-trending belts are characterized by predominately strike-slip fault earthquakes,” the agency said.
In 2017, a 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit near Kos, Greece, in the Aegean Sea, killing two people and injuring hundreds in Greece and Turkey. Both of those killed were Turkish nationals, the BBC reported. In 2017, an earthquake struck the Greek island of Lesbos in the Mediterranean Sea, injuring 10 and killing at least one person. The tremor was also felt in western Turkey. Two years before that, in Lefkada, an earthquake struck the area, destroying a famous beach.
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