16 h. ago Crete earthquake: Brit tourist shares 'unsettling' ordeal as tremor rocks Greek island

Claire Gibson, 49, revealed her 'unsettling' ordeal while on Crete during Thursday's terrifying 6.1 magnitude earthquake - the British mum tourist said she was woken up by the tremors

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35 h. ago Crete earthquake latest: Aftershocks continue after 6.1 quake with tourist sites still closed

Seismologist Gerasimos Papadopoulos said there would be additional aftershocks through the day, “but they are all harmless”

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40 h. ago Crete earthquake latest: 6.1 quake sparks tsunami alert as tourists told to move away from coast

Residents in eastern Crete say earthquake woke them in the early morning as their beds started shaking

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41 h. ago Crete earthquake: Tsunami warning issued and British tourists terrified as magnitude 6 quake hits islands in Greece

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) has issued a tsunami warning

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42 h. ago Crete earthquake latest: Tourists told to move away from coast after 6.1 quake sparks tsunami alert

Residents in eastern Crete say earthquake woke them in the early morning as their beds started shaking

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42 h. ago Crete earthquake sparks tsunami fears as tourists told to 'reach higher ground'

Tourists in Crete have been hit with a second earthquake scare, sparking a new tsunami alert.

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43 h. ago Crete among Greece islands rocked by 6.1 magnitude earthquake as tourists issued urgent message

The earthquake was felt extensively across islands throughout the Aegean Sea

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44 h. ago Tsunami warning after 6.1 quake hits holiday hotspot as people told 'move from coast'

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake has struck near the Greek island of Crete and felt as far as Egypt and Turkey, with a tsunami warning being issued for the region following the seismic event

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45 h. ago Crete earthquake: Tourists ordered to 'move away from the coast' amid tsunami warning

Tourists in Crete, Greece have been made aware of another earthquake, which has again sparked a tsunami alert - just days after a similar scare on the holiday island

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45 h. ago Crete earthquake LIVE: Tourists ordered to 'move away from the coast' amid tsunami warning

Tourists in Crete, Greece have been made aware of another earthquake, which has again sparked a tsunami alert - just days after a similar scare on the holiday island

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9 d. ago Greece earthquake: 'We were celebrating our engagement – then hotel started shaking'

Adam Sleigh, from Blackpool, had been celebrating his engagement to his fiancée Michelle when a 'very powerful' earthquake hit the Palmera Beach Hotel in Hersonissos, Crete

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9 d. ago Greece earthquake LIVE: Crete hotel 'shook for 5 mins' as tourists run for hills

The powerful 6.0 earthquake struck parts of Crete in Greece early this morning, with tourists told to 'move away from the coast' amid the possible risk of a tsunami

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9 d. ago Crete earthquake: Tourists on Greece island warned to 'move away from the coast'

The epicentre of the Greece earthquake was near the coast of Crete and so tourists on the island - popular with British holidaymakers - have now been warned to be vigilant

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9 d. ago Tsunami warning on popular Greek islands as tourists told to 'move away from coast immediately'

A tsunami alert has been issued for various Greek coastlines, including that of Crete, following a 5.9 magnitude earthquake this morning. Tourists and residents have been warned to stay away from the coast immediately

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3 w. ago Chile issues evacuation alert as 7.4 earthquake sparks tsunami risk

Locals have been told to evacuate a coastal area of Magallanes, in the southern tip of the country

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