China News Service, March 13th. According to the Greek "China-Greek Times" report, at 14:57 pm on March 12, local time, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake occurred in Thessaly region of central Greece. The epicenter was in the town of Elassona (Elassona). To the southwest, the focal depth is 8.5 kilometers.
At present, there are no reports of personal injury and property damage.
Earlier, on March 11, a magnitude 4.4 earthquake occurred in the waters near Lefkada Island in western Greece. The epicenter was 14 kilometers southwest of Lefkada Island, 285 kilometers away from the capital, Athens, and the focal depth was 15 kilometers.
Data map: News on March 4, a 6.0 magnitude earthquake occurred in central Greece, and no casualties have been reported.
Views of damaged houses after the earthquake in the village of Damasi in central Greece.
Akis Tselentis, director of the Athens Institute of Geodynamics and professor of seismology, said that the magnitude 5.2 earthquake in the Thessaly region of central Greece was part of the aftershocks triggered by a strong local earthquake on the 3rd.
He said that since the major earthquake that occurred is a shallow earthquake, aftershocks are expected to occur in the next two months.
Due to the recent continuous strong earthquakes in central Greece, the Greek government has announced on the 5th that three towns in the central Thessaly region have entered a state of emergency.
According to reports, Greece is located in a seismically active area, but most earthquakes will not cause heavy casualties.
(Cai Ling)