ATHENS: An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 4.6 rattled Athens and central Greece early Sunday, witnesses said, with no immediate reports of damage. The tremblor was recorded west of Athens at 6.02am (11.02am in Thailand) in the Corinthian Gulf, with assessments giving it a focal depth of 5 kilometres, the National Observatory of Athens said on its website. "It felt like two earthquakes in a row! It woke me up," one person wrote on the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre website. The US Geological Survey said the epicentre was 79 kilometres west-north-west of Athens.

Source: Bangkok Post December 31, 2017 06:00 UTC