A devastating earthquake occurred off the coast of Greece

The earthquake of a magnitude of 5.9 was recorded in the Mediterranean sea 272 km South-West of Kalamata, reports “Interfax”.

According to the operational processing of the Altai-Sayan branch of Geophysical survey, the epicenter recorded at 02:43 am Kiev time on Thursday the earthquake had coordinates 35.04 degrees North latitude and 20.37 ° East longitude.

Intensity of concussions in epicentre of seismoisolation is assessed as “devastating”.

The US geological survey estimates the earthquake magnitude 5.7.