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Earthquake tremor felt in Malta
By Alexia Conti
Jan 8, 2006, 14:40 CET

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An earthquake tremor was felt in various localities in Malta on Sunday at about 1235 CEST. Fortunately there seem to be no reports of incidents and injuries.

It seems that the tremor was reported in various localities in both the south and north of the island.

The tremor originated from what seems to be an undersea earthquake that hit Greece for about seven seconds and that was registered at 6.9 on the Richter scale.

Reuters said that the strong earthquake shook most of Greece and was felt as far away as Egypt and Italy

A police official told Reuters there were no reports yet of any major damage to buildings or casualties in central and southern Greece.

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