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He said that the town also experienced some power outages but that they lasted only a few minutes.

The powerful jolt caused widespread power outages and damage.

Authorities in Finland are investigating a broken fibre-optic cable after two separate cuts caused an outage affecting thousands of households.

Power outages have also led to delays on the Thessaloniki-Athens railway line.

Dealing with power cuts is a national preoccupation, with people checking their phones to see when the next outage is due and pooling their resources to buy generators and solar panels.