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Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 15-04-18
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[01] Tremor near Ilia shakes western Greece
[02] Greek gymnast Lefteris Petrounias wins gold at European championships
[01] Tremor near Ilia shakes western Greece
ANA-MPA -- An earthquake shook the port city of Patras and other areas
of western Greece at around 16:30 on Saturday afternoon.
According to the Athens Observatory Geodynamic Institute, the quake had
a magnitude of 4.3 on the Richter scale and its epicentre was located
11 kilometres north northeast of Amaliada in Ilia, in the western
Peloponnese. Seismologists said the quake was typical of normal patterns
for the region, while no damage was reported.
The EuroMediterranean seismological centre gave a magnitude of 4.4 on the
Richter scale for the tremor and placed its epicentre near the village
Vardas in Ilia.
[02] Greek gymnast Lefteris Petrounias wins gold at European championships
ANA-MPA -- Greek gymnast Eleftherios Petrounias came away with a
gold medal at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in
Montpellier, France on Saturday, after an impressive performance on
the rings that earned him 15.866 points and first place.
The silver was shared by French athlete Samir Ait Said and Russia's
Denis Abliazin.
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