Comments on: Greece Earthquake

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Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:28:22 +0000

[...] Earthquake A rather strong earthquake hit Crete (again) this morning, at about 04:00. I was awake at that hour, felt the trembling, thought, ok, earthquake, it’ll pass. But then this bad mofo managed to scare even me: a huge shake, very strong, but very short too. All in all, it lasted about 5-10 seconds. Just for history, the earthquake was a 4.4 on Richter scale. Not that strong, but scary altogether! (Nightly earthquakes are the worst, I tell you) [...]

By: Sugar

Sugar — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 23:14:31 +0000

Nah, I don’t think that earthquakes around the scale of 6 or 7 Richter are not dangerous, it’s just that the sea that surrounds the island somehow protects it.

Not that I’m not grateful about it…I prefer experiencing earthquakes without all the catastrophe. I consider them fascinating.

By: Maria

Maria — Mon, 09 Jan 2006 20:58:55 +0000

it certainly was the strongest earthquake I’ve ever experienced

And if you stay in Crete you won’t have to change this statement. As far as I can remember all earthquakes near Crete were underwater and at great depth. My father has never mentioned a big earthquake in his childhood, at least not catastrophe-wise, whereas my mother has plenty of stories to tell. Santorini’s volcano is still Crete’s biggest fear.