An earthquake rattled central Greece on Tuesday morning.

The Athens Geodynamic Institute said the quake, of magnitude 5.2, was in the island of Evia, near Athens.

No damages or injuries were immediately reported, Greek daily paper Ekathimerini said. 

Greek public broadcaster ERT reported that at least five aftershocks followed. 

President of the Earthquake Planning and Protection Organization, Professor Efthymios Lekkas, told ERT that "this is a low-seismicity area. It is a fault line that does not generate major earthquakes."

Athens
Athens (credit: INGIMAGE)

No damages reported in Greek earthquake

He added that there would likely be aftershocks during the night, ranging from 4 to 4.5 on the Richter scale.

Several mayors from surrounding Greek villages told ERT that they had not had any damage reported in their cities.

Earthquake reported in Vanuatu

Additionally, an earthquake of magnitude 6.06 struck the Vanuatu Islands region, the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) said on Tuesday.

The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometers (6.21 miles), GFZ said.

This is a developing story.