TEHRAN, Sep. 03 (MNA) – A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Greece on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The quake's epicenter was Crete and was 2 km (1.2 miles) below the earth's surface, the EMSC said, Reuters reported.

No initial reports of possible casualties have been published so far.

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