A320cap 0 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hi! Today we were woken up by a large earthquake-measuring 6.5! Hopefully, it was 79-100km deep (not 51 km as the BBC article states here). I have to say I was terrified. It did last around 30 seconds. The earthquake, although it was centered in the Peloponnese region, was felt by many people in Macedonia (REMEMBER: Macedonia is GREEK!). My house wasn't damaged at all and as far as I know no houses were damaged at all. Also, there were no injuries Link to post Share on other sites
JoeEllwood 0 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Scary! :yes: That's a pretty powerful earthquake! Good to hear everyone is ok, could have been pretty nasty! Link to post Share on other sites
1mag1n3 0 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Wow, 6.5, thats huge! Glad your all ok... Could have been really bad, when you think about it... Link to post Share on other sites
mutley 4,498 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 Good to hear you are OK Panos. You've had a bad time of it recently what with the huge fires last year. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
A320cap 0 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 As experts said:" God was the one who saved us, because the earthquake was very deep (80km!) and so no damages were made. If it was at a depth of 30 km, a lot of buildings would be destroyed" Joe: I certainly did! Link to post Share on other sites
Martyn 9 Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 If God had his hand in it, then maybe he should have just stopped it completely :sad: Martyn 'Religious Bigot' Northall Link to post Share on other sites
MartinW 0 Posted January 8, 2008 Report Share Posted January 8, 2008 We had an earthquake in the UK a few years ago, insignificant compared to a full blown shaker like yours Panos, but my wardrobe door shot open and it was very disturbing... actually that's not true, I liked it, Apart from worrying about the structure of my house. 6.5 is a whopper though, must have been very frightening. I remember my wife Link to post Share on other sites
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