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1/26/2014, mag 6.1 Earthquake Greece

Athens Geodynamic Institute analyzed the earthquake's magnitude at 5.8

 

Reports came from as far as Albania, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Southern Italy.

 

Thanassis Ganas, Athens Geodynamic Institute: "We need 48 hours to say with 99 percent certainty that this was the main quake" In 1953 a 7.2 magnitude quake struck three days after a 6.4.

The quakes of 1953 were not created by the same fault as the 6.1mag of Jan 26th.

 

USGS: earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usb000m8ch#summary

 

 

 

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