The 2008 Dodecanese earthquake occurred near
Kattavia
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on the
island of Rhodes in the eastern
Mediterranean Sea
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on 15 July. The quake struck at 06:26 a.m. local time (UTC+3) and one woman was killed when she slipped and fell as she tried to flee her home.
However, the earthquake did not cause any major damage.
Accessed: 23 August 2008. The earthquake was felt across the entire eastern Mediterranean, as far west as Libya
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, and inland as far as Damascus
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There was a significant aftershock the next day, 16 July, at 02:52 a.m. local time, which resulted in additional injuries.]["Earthquake strikes Greek island of Rhodes; no damage, injuries reported" ''International Herald Tribune''](_blank)
Accessed: 29 July 2008. The aftershock was rated 4.8
Accessed: 29 July 2008.[ ttp://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_umcw.html "Magnitude 5.0 Dodecanese Islands, Greece" Preliminary Earthquake Report, Earthquake Hazards program, United States Geological Survey Accessed: 29 July 2008. ]
See also
*List of earthquakes in 2008
Earthquakes in 2008 resulted in about 88,011 fatalities. The 2008 Sichuan earthquake was the deadliest with 87,587 fatalities, and also the largest at 8.0 on the moment magnitude scale. Other significant earthquakes struck Pakistan, Kyrgyzstan, t ...
*List of earthquakes in Greece
This list of earthquakes in Greece includes notable earthquakes that have affected Greece during recorded history. This list is currently incomplete, representing only a fraction of the possible events.
Tectonic setting
Greece is located at the c ...
References
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Dodecanese
The Dodecanese (, ; el, Δωδεκάνησα, ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Turkey's Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. ...
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July 2008 events in Europe