Greece was hit by a 5.6-magnitude earthquake around 6:45 local time (GMT +3), on Friday, August 29. The quake, which apparently had an epicenter of about 86 kilometers off the shores of Athens, near the island of Milos, has reportedly been felt all across the country.

Despite the location of the epicenter being beneath the Mediterranean seabed, no tsunami warnings were issued.

According to reports, radio listeners called their local stations, and informed the media about where the quake had been felt. The range of the quake streched from the Southern Greek island of Crete, all the way to the Northern Greece border.

Although the USGS identified the quake with a magnitude of 5.6, the European Mediterranean Seismological Center measured the earthquake with a 5.8 magnitude.

The most recent earthquake to hit Greece has so far left no significant damage or taken any casualties, according to reports. The country is situated in a seismically active zone, in the Mediterranean, where periodical earthquakes normally occur, ones which leave no major damage.

The last earthquake that left catastrophic damages to Greece was in 1999, where a 5.7-magnitude quake that hit the Greek capital of Athens left 143 people dead.

August 29's earthquake in Greece is the fourth major quake to happen this month that made it to the news. It follows the 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Ludian, China on August 8, a 6.0 magnitude in Hokkaido, Japan, on August 10, and the recent catastrophic California quake which was measured with a magnitude of 6.1.