NATURAL DISASTERS -EARTHQUAKES

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Rescue teams rushed to extract people from the rubble of buildings that had collapsed in and around Elassona, a town in central Greece close to the tremor’s epicentre. As strong aftershocks shook the region, residents were advised to remain outdoors.

Vassilis Karastathis, the deputy director of the Athens Geodynamic Institute, attributed the earthquake’s strength to its shallowness. “It had an estimated depth of just 8km [five miles] and that was one of the reasons it was felt so strongly,” he told the state-run TV channel ERT.

The quake was also felt in the Balkan states of Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

In the Greek city of Larissa, people rushed out of homes and office buildings into the streets as the quake struck at midday. Civil protection authorities flew first aid to the area, and residents of Damasi, a village outside Larissa, were expected to spend the night in tents on a football field.

There were no immediate reports of serious injury. One person was hurt by falling debris and at least six people including an elderly paraplegic man were rescued from the rubble of collapsed homes.