Magnitude-4.7 quake shakes Greece's Peloponnesian Peninsula

SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2012
Magnitude-4.7 quake shakes Greece's Peloponnesian Peninsula

Athens - No injuries were reported to local police after a 4.7-magnitude quake shook Greece's Peloponnesian Peninsula Saturday evening, reported local radio broadcaster ERA-Patras.

Athens' Institute of Geodynamics reported that the epicentre of the quake lay about 150 kilometres west of Athens, at about 30 kilometres below the Earth's surface.
Witnesses in Patras told dpa that the quake was perceived as strong. It was also felt by people living in the upper storeys of apartment buildings in Athens.//DPA