Map: 6.0-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Near Crete, Prompting a Tsunami Alert

An earthquake off Crete triggered a tsunami alert due to potential underwater landslides or tsunamis. Greece warned coastal areas about possible impacts from the seismic event near Fry, Greece, at 1:51 a.m., with preliminary magnitude estimates of 6.0 or up. Seismologists may revise the magnitude and update the shake-severity map as more data emerges.