ROME (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th October, 2018) The Italian National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology on Friday warned about the possibility of a tsunami in the Mediterranean following a powerful earthquake that has struck off Greece.
"The orange alert level has been introduced along the cost of the Italian regions of Calabria, Basilicata, Apulia and Sicily. The rising of sea level of up to 1 meter [3.3 feet] is possible. We recommend avoiding approaching the seacoast and beaches," the institute said in an emergency statement.
A series of earthquakes, the most powerful of which was measured by European seismologists at 6.7 on the Richter magnitude scale, and a number of aftershocks hit the Ionian Sea near the Greek coast late on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. The Greek resort island of Zakynthos was affected the most by the quakes.
The quakes prompted a small tsunami in Greece. The tremors have been felt in Italy and other nearby countries, but no significant damage has been reported.
