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More than 100 earthquakes have been felt in the maritime boundaries of Greece during 24 hours.

According to the Seismological Center, the intensity of the earthquakes has been recorded up to 4.9, after which the fear of a major earthquake has been expressed.

Why and how do earthquakes occur?

According to experts, the earth's crust is made up of three large plates. The first layer is called Eurasian, the second Indian and the third Arabian.

As heat builds up underground, these plates move. Earth shakes and this condition is called earthquake. Earthquake waves invade all around in the form of a circle, experts say that in the areas where a big earthquake occurs once, there can be another big earthquake.

Earthquakes are caused by the sudden release of energy from the earth's crust, often appearing on the surface in the form of volcanic lava.Most earthquakes occur in fault zones, where tectonic plates collide or rub together.The effects of plates rubbing or colliding are not normally felt at the Earth's surface, but result in intense tension between these plates. When this stress is released rapidly, strong tremors are produced, called seismic waves.