{"id":62614,"date":"2025-09-09T16:17:49","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T10:47:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62614"},"modified":"2025-09-09T17:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T11:38:21","slug":"evia-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/evia-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Evia Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Evia Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook central Greece recently, with its epicenter located near Athens on Evia Island. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Evia Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evia, or Euboea, is the <\/span><b>second largest island in Greece<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, s<\/span><b>econd only to Crete,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and third in Europe (second only to Cyprus).\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area of the island is a little more than 3500 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in <\/span><b>Central Greece<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the <\/span><b>Aegean Sea.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island is <\/span><b>separated from the Greek mainland <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the <\/span><b>Euboean strait.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often <\/span><b>referred to as a \u201cmainland island\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to its <\/span><b>close proximity to Athens<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with many points of connection between the two.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evia\u2019s dramatic geography includes <\/span><b>alpine mountains, lush forests, coastal wetlands, hidden canyons,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>sun-soaked beaches.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>main city <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on Evia is <\/span><b>Halkida<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It acts as the <\/span><b>administrative and commercial heart<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the island and is famously known for the <\/span><b>unique phenomenon of the tidal currents in the narrow strait<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>Euripus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which changes direction multiple times a day.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evia&#8217;s<\/span><b> highest mountains<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>Dyrfi, Kandili, and Ohi.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>climate <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Evia is <\/span><b>Mediterranean<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Winters are mild but rainy, and summers are hot with plenty of sunshine.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/science-environment\/3620233-tremors-in-greece-a-seismic-surprise\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DEVD<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Evia Island, or Euboea Island, is the second largest island in Greece, second only to Crete, and third in Europe (second only to Cyprus). 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