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Strong quake shakes Greek island of Crete

<span style="color: #222222;">A strong 6.1-magnitude undersea earthquake today shook the Greek island of Crete and was felt in other parts of the country.<br />'' <br />'' Crete regional governor Stavros Arnaoutakis told state TV ERT that it was a major earthquake, however, no damage has been reported so far. The Athens Observatory said, the quake struck at 9:23 am, local time and had a depth of over 70 kilometres.<br />'' <br />'' The tremor occurred a day after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Albania that has left more than 20 dead and hundreds injured.<br />''<br />''Greece lies on major fault lines and is regularly hit by earthquakes but they rarely cause casualties.</span><br />

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