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Minor tremor shakes western Greece

Minor tremor shakes western Greece

An earthquake shook the port city of Patras and other areas of western Greece at around 16:30 on Saturday afternoon.

According to the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, the quake had a magnitude of 4.2 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was located in north Ilia, in the Peloponnese.

The EuroMediterranean seismological centre gave a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale for the tremor and placed its epicentre near the village Vardas in Ili