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Tremors were felt for hundreds of miles after a strong earthquake hit the coast of Greece.

A magnitude 6 earthquake hit the eastern Mediterranean off the Greek island of Karpathos on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey reported.

The tremor was felt on the islands of Crete, Santorini and Rhodes, Greek State TV said.

It was also felt as far as Turkey, Egypt, Syria and Israel, experts said.


Dramatic footage shows buildings shaking in the quake.

The tremor occurred at a depth of nearly 23 miles (38km).

It is not known if there are any injuries.

Residents reported feeling rooms 'sway from side to side' and seeing beds and other furniture moving.

One person in Lindos, a town on the Greek island of Rhodes, wrote on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) website: 'Wow! Really felt that one! Curtains moving, chair moving in a weird side to side and round motion - felt quite seasick! Lasted for 30 seconds.'

Another person said that they were on their hotel's 14th floor in Rhodes and 'felt [the] room sway from side to side and bed and light fixtures moving.'

The EMSC said the quake struck 219 km south of Rhodes.

Many responded to say they had felt it much further away.

One person tweeted the agency saying: 'The earthquake was well felt in Jerusalem.'

Another wrote: 'In Helwan, Cairo was very strong.'

It is the latest earthquake to hit Greece's holiday hotspots, after a 6.4 quake in Crete last week.


The quake struck the east coast of the island at a depth of 10km under the village of Palekastro, sparking a tsunami warning.

It followed another powerful earthquake in Crete on September 27, that left one dead and hundreds homeless after several buildings collapsed.