Moderate quake felt in greater Athens area

An earthquake measuring 4.8 on the Richter scale was recorded at 15.30 local time (13.30 GMT) and widely felt the greater Athens area.

According to the Athens-based Geodynamic Institute, the quake’s epicenter was 13 kilometers southwest of the south-central city of Atalanti, in Fthiotida prefecture, north of Athens proper. The tremor’s depth was recorded at 13.6 kilometers.

According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre, however, the earthquake measured 4.9R and was pinpointed at 17 kilometers south-southwest of the city of Livadia, also in south-central Greece, but with a depth of only two kilometers.