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A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Greek island of Euboea early Tuesday and was strongly felt in the capital Athens, authorities said.
The tremor hit at 00.30 local time (2130GMT Monday) about 45 kilometers (28 miles) northeast of Athens, according to the Institute of Geodynamics at the National Observatory of Athens.
The epicenter was four kilometers off the seaside resort of Nea Styra in southwestern Euboea, Greece’s second-largest island.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The mayor of the nearby city of Marathon, Stergios Tsirkas, told ERT television the tremor was “very intense.”
Greece is one of Europe’s most seismically active countries, located on several major faults in the southeastern Mediterranean.
In May, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck off the island of Crete, rattling Athens and felt as far away as Egypt. Earlier this year, the island of Santorini experienced exceptional seismic activity in January and February, with thousands of tremors prompting residents to temporarily flee before returning home.
The last deadly quake struck in October 2020 on the island of Samos. That magnitude 7.0 earthquake killed two people on Samos and more than 100 in the Turkish port city of Izmir.
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