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4 March 2021 11:15am Thousands of people spent the night outdoors late Wednesday after a powerful earthquake was felt across the region, damaging homes and public buildings. The magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck at 12.16pm (local time) near the central city of Larissa and there was structural damage, mainly to old houses, as walls collapsed. One man was hurt by the falling debris but there were no serious injuries. The 1938 stone-built school collapsed in Damasi as 63 students attended classes. “The teachers kept their cool and the pupils stuck to the emergency drill,” principal Grigoris Le...

ATHENS, Greece - Fearful of returning to their homes, thousands of people in central Greece were spending the night outdoors late Wednesday after a powerful earthquake, felt across the region, damaged homes and public buildings. The shallow, magnitude-6.0 quake struck near the central city of Larissa. One man was hurt by falling debris but no serious injuries were reported. Officials reported structural damage, mainly to old houses and buildings that saw walls collapse or crack. One of them was a primary school, stone-built in 1938, in the quake-hit village of Damasi where 63 students we...