By Reuters Staff
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ATHENS (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake hit central Greece on Friday but there were no immediate reports of any injuries or of serious damage to buildings.
The GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences gave a magnitude of 5.7 for the quake.
The Athens Geodynamics Institute said the epicentre of the quake was 16 km (10 miles) south of the town of Elassona in central Greece and that it struck at a depth of 8.5 km.
A strong quake hit the same area last week, damaging hundreds of buildings and forcing many people to leave their homes and to take temporary shelter in tents provided by the authorities.
Westward bound: Quake shifts Hawke s Bay one centimetre to the west
12 Mar, 2021 12:52 AM
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The tidal surge associated with the effects of three tsunamis generated after a series of earthquakes of the East Coast, as seen at Tokomaru Bay. Photo / Claudia Waaka
The tidal surge associated with the effects of three tsunamis generated after a series of earthquakes of the East Coast, as seen at Tokomaru Bay. Photo / Claudia Waaka
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Last week s 7.3 magnitude quake was the type to move mountains - with parts of the East Coast including Hawke s Bay being pushed 1cm to the west-southwest.
Quake, Tsunami, Meltdown: Japan s 2011 Disaster As It Happened By Katie Forster
03/10/21 AT 9:09 PM
It was just after quarter to three on a cold Friday afternoon when buildings across northeast Japan began to shake fiercely as one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded unleashed its fury. Residents carry belongings from tsunami devastated homes in Natori on March 14, 2011, in the wake of the 9.0-magnitude quake and tsunami which hit the region three days earlier Photo: AFP / Mike CLARKE
The March 11, 2011 tremor, which triggered a catastrophic tsunami and nuclear disaster, was unlike anything Sayori Suzuki had experienced in her coastal town of Minamisoma.
The magnitude-9.0 quake that struck March 11, 2011 one of the biggest on record triggered a wall of water that swept far inland. Areas near the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant are still off limits.