OREANDA-NEWS  A strong earthquake of magnitude 5.1 occurred off the coast of Crete. The impact of the disaster was reported on the website of the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC).

The tremors were recorded on Monday, November 2, at 18:49 local time (19:49 Moscow time). Their epicenter was located 115 kilometers southeast of the southernmost city of Greece, Ierapetra. The source was located at a depth of 17 kilometers.

There was no information about casualties or damage caused by the disaster.

Earlier in the day, a magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck the Kuril Islands.