Strong earthquake of 5.8-magnitude has hit the Crete island leaving one civilian dead and 9 injured, local news revealed on Monday.
According to Greek authorities, one person was trapped under wreckage of a church at Crete island which rests approximately 160 km south of the Greek mainland.
6.0 earthquake shakes Greece, one casualty reported https://t.co/vulNHcMRlm pic.twitter.com/IQAKlOmHyr
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Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands.