A powerful 6.24-magnitude earthquake struck near Crete in Greece early Thursday, with tremors felt as far away as Egypt.
The head of the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG), Taha Rabah, explained that the earthquake’s epicenter was located 499 kilometers north of Marsa Matruh, at a depth of 68.91 kilometers.
“No cause for panic or concern,” Rabah told Al-Masry Al-Youm on Thursday, emphasizing that no damage was reported from the earthquake.
Rabah noted that seven aftershocks with magnitudes not exceeding 3.5 have occurred so far following the main quake, assuring that they pose no danger and were not felt.
Edited translation from Al-Masry Al-Youm
