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1st LD Writethru: Quake of 5.2 magnitude jolts off Greek Karpathos island

Xinhua, December 26, 2015 Adjust font size:

An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale according to preliminary data hit off the coasts of the Aegean Sea Greek island of Karpathos on Saturday, the Athens Geodynamic Institute said.

No injuries or major material damage has been reported by local authorities.

The tremor's epicenter was monitored in the sea area east of Karpathos at a depth of 10 kilometers, about 430 kilometers southeast of Athens, according to Greek seismologists.

Meanwhile, the Euro Mediterranean Seismic Institute gave a 5.4 magnitude estimate for the same quake. Endit