An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.3 was registered near Florina, in northwestern Greece late on Sunday, the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens said, according to greekreporter.com.
There were no reports of injuries, even though some older buildings suffered damage.
The German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) earlier reported the tremor as having a magnitude of 5.8.
The Greek Geodynamic Institute announced the quake struck at 11:43 p.m. two km (1.2 miles) from the town of Florina and at a depth of 14 km.
Authorities said schools will stay closed on Monday for precautionary and safety reasons.
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