Earthquake of magnitude 6 strikes Crete, Greece, felt in central Israel

An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck off the coast of Crete, Greece, on Thursday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.

The quake was at a depth of 77 km (47.85 miles), GFZ said.

GFZ had earlier assigned a magnitude of 6.5 to the earthquake.

The earthquake was felt in central Israel, according to Israel's Fire and Rescue service.