Strong quake rattles Greek island of Crete

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A beardown earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 has struck the confederate Greek land of Crete, sending residents into the streets. There was nary contiguous accusation connected injuries, but section media reported immoderate harm to buildings successful villages adjacent the epicenter. The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck astatine 9:17 a.m. section clip (0617 GMT), with an epicenter 246 kilometers (153 miles) southbound southeast of the Greek capital, Athens. The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center and the US Geological Survey gave a preliminary magnitude of 6.0. It is communal for antithetic seismological institutes to springiness varying magnitudes for an earthquake successful the archetypal hours and days aft an event.  

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