average earthquake tremors athens

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An earthquake hit Athens on Monday.

A 2.9-magnitude earthquake struck Athens at 3:53 pm local time on Monday. The earthquake was felt throughout the Attica region.

According to the National Observatory of Athens, the epicenter was about 10 kilometers (6 miles) northeast of the Greek capital at a focal depth of 5 kilometers in the ground.

There were no reports of damage so far.

Greece is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes

Greece is located in an area of ​​high seismic activity. However, the vast majority of earthquakes do not cause damage or injury.

A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit the sea floor south of Crete earlier in October.

The earthquake had a depth of 8.2 km (5.09 miles), and its epicenter was southeast of the city of Ierapetra.

In October 2020, an earthquake struck the eastern Greek island of Samos and the nearby Turkish coast, killing two people on Samos and at least 75 people in Turkey.

The country is located in a complex geological border area in the eastern Mediterranean between the African plate and the Eurasian plate.

The northern part of Greece lies on the Eurasian plate while the southern part lies on the Aegean plate.

The Aegean plate is moving southwest with respect to the Eurasian plate at a rate of 30 mm (1 in) per year while the African plate is declining northward, under the Aegean plate, at a rate of 40 mm (1.6 in) per year. .

The northern plate boundary is a relatively scattered divergent boundary while the convergent southern boundary forms the Hellenic arc.

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