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An earthquake with preliminary magnitude 3.8 has rattled the northern monastic community of Mount Athos, authorities said Tuesday, but no damage to buildings or injuries were immediately reported.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake occurred around 11:30 a.m. on the coast some 11 kilometers east-southeast of the semi-autonomous community’s capital of Ouranoupoli. Its epicenter was at a depth of 14.4 kilometers.
Mount Athos, which is home to centuries-old Greek Orthodox monastic complexes, has suffered a string of relatively minor quakes in recent years.
Greece lies in one of the world’s most seismically active areas, and dozens of largely unnoticeable quakes are recorded every day. Severe damage or deaths are rare. In 1999, a magnitude 5.9 quake near Athens killed 143 people.
