BREAKING: 5.8-magnitude earthquake shook the island of Crete in southern Greece on Monday, the Athens Geodynamic Institute says. Authorities say there were no reports of any injuries, though two people were trapped in damaged buildings.
Earlier the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the earthquake reached a magnitude of 6.5, while the United States Geological Survey put it at 6.0.
The epicenter of the quake was 23 kilometers northwest of Arvi at a depth of 10 kilometers, the institute in Athens said. The mayor of Arkalohori village told Skai TV two churches and other buildings at the village had been damaged and two people were trapped, one in a church when the dome collapsed during maintenance work, and another in a home.
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