Strong earthquake tremors were felt this morning in Greece, near the border with Albania.
According to Greek media, the earthquake had a magnitude of 5.3 on the Richter scale, followed by other smaller aftershocks, the strongest of which measured 4.7 on the Richter scale.
The earthquake, with its epicenter near Ioannina, was felt in many border areas between Greece and Albania.
The tremors caused rockslides on the Egnatia Highway and power outages in Ioannina. Citizens left their homes and took to the streets.
Rocks fell on the Egnatia Highway in the section towards Igoumenitsa, while power outages were observed in Ioannina.
Fortunately, there were no reports of any human injuries from the earthquake.
“People have come out, they are scared and as happens in earthquakes above 5 on the Richter scale, there were power outages,” Efthimios Chrysostomou, Deputy Mayor for Civil Protection of the Municipality of Ioannina, told ERT.
At the same time, the governor of ‘Epirus’, Alexandros Kahrimanis, reported in a post that stones had fallen on the Egnatia Highway, on the section towards Igoumenitsa.
The tremors were also felt on the Ionian islands such as Corfu and Lefkada, and in areas of Western Greece, as far as Patras.