Earthquake shakes Greece, no casualties reported

cal04

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Sun Jan-06-08 01:05 AM
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Earthquake shakes Greece, no casualties reported

Source: Reuters

A strong earthquake shook parts of Greece on Sunday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage.

The quake woke up residents in the capital Athens and prompted people in several other cities to call emergency services.

"It shook me out of bed," said Reuters correspondent Karolos Grohmann.

"The house was shaking badly," a woman from the northern Athens suburb of Maroussi told a radio station.

Read more: http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L06432575.htm

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Renew Deal

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Sun Jan-06-08 01:44 AM
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1. I have a lot of family in the Athens area.

I hope everyone is OK.

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cal04

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Sun Jan-06-08 06:48 PM
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4. Bleachers7

I hope everyone is ok

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CreekDog

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Sun Jan-06-08 02:50 AM
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2. 6.1 near Athens

pretty strong.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2008lwak.php

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CreekDog

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Sun Jan-06-08 02:57 AM
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3. heres a map

my gosh, there were olives scattered all over the place.

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papau

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Mon Jan-07-08 02:28 PM
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5. first fires then this 90 miles S/SW of Athens - small seashore towns backed up into cliffs

they are in my prayers.

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