6.3-magnitude earthquake hits central Greece
The Hindu
A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake hit central Greece on Wednesday, damaging several buildings, including schools, and prompting residents near the epicentre to rush into the streets.
"Everything happened very fast, people ran out of buildings, there are still aftershocks," Chrissoula Katsiouli, a staffer at the mayor's office in the local town of Elassona told AFP. The fire department said that according to the first reports, a local home and a school had been damaged. Police also sealed off a bridge cracked by the quake.
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