Strong Quake Rattles Crete, Minor Damage but No Casualties

Strong Quake Rattles Crete, Minor Damage but No Casualties
A view of a destroyed chapel following an earthquake is shown in the village of Xerokampos on the island of Crete, Greece, on Oct.12, 2021. Stringer/Reuters
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ATHENS—A powerful earthquake rattled Crete on Tuesday, causing minor damage on the Greek island in the Mediterranean, and the tremor was felt as far away as Cyprus.

There were no immediate reports of casualties after the magnitude 6.3 tremor, which the Athens Geodynamic Institute said was centered at sea about 23 km (14 miles) east of the village of Zakros in eastern Crete.