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Strong earthquake = strikes Greek=20 island

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Article = Launched: 08/27/2007=20 01:12:28 AM MDT

ATHENS, Greece=E2=80=94A strong earthquake with = a preliminary=20 magnitude of 5.1 struck the western Greek island = of=20 Kefalonia on Monday, the Athens Geodynamic = Institute=20 said. There were no immediate reports of damage = or=20 injuries.=20

The quake struck at 9:29 a.m. and had an = epicenter=20 beneath the seabed off the west coast of the = island, 185=20 miles west of Athens, the institute said.=20

The island also was the scene of forest = fires, with=20 at least one breaking out overnight in southern=20 Kefalonia. Vast swathes of the country have been = decimated by massive wildfires that have been = raging out=20 of the control since Friday.

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