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A strong earthquake with preliminary magnitude 5.3 shook northwestern Greece early Sunday but no injuries or severe damage were reported, authorities said.
The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake struck at 5:32 a.m. east of Leptokarya, some 50 kilometers from the town of Ioannina. Its epicenter was at a depth of about 10 kilometers.
The quake was followed by a smaller temblor with preliminary magnitude 4.7.
Greece lies in one of the world’s most earthquake-prone areas, but quakes causing extensive damage and deaths are rare. In 1999, a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near Athens killed 143 people.