The Greek island of Kefalonia is recovering from a series of earthquakes. <br /><br />The first, on January 26, registered 6.0 on the Richter scale. A second major quake, a little less powerful, hit a week later.<br /><br />There have also been hundreds of aftershocks. Euronews reporter, Michalis Arampatzoglu, experienced one when visiting bakery owner Giorgos Malioris.<br /><br />“We’re in psychological shock. You’ve felt yourselves the quake that just happened,” Malioris told Arampatzoglu.<br /><br />There is relief that the quakes did not claim any lives but residents, such as Christos Kiriakatos, have seen their homes destroyed.<br /><br />“At the first earthquake the house took an inclination of 3 degrees to the left. At the second earthquake the house took the inclination that you see, which is 45 degrees. Luckily, I was not inside because I would be dead now,” Kiriakatos explained.<br /><br />Around 1,400 houses have been declared uninhabitable, leaving hundreds of families homeless.<br /><br />Mema Sinodinou has been living with her baby in a tent at a camp set up by the army at the Lyxouri stadium. “I don’t know if I can dream anymore. I’m mostly worried about her [her seven-month old daughter]”. <br /><br />The Lyxouri museum has been converted into a distribution centre of food and water.<br /><br />Euronews’ Michalis Arampatzoglu explains: “The state, the church, private companies and residents have been sending supplies – which teams of volunteers have been helping to distribute.”<br /><br />Kefalonia is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and a popular tourist destination.<br /><br />Much of its infrastructure has remained intact – and residents told euronews that the island would be ready for the summer holiday season.<br /><br />Tourism is the highest-earning industry for the crisis-hit Greek economy, which is in its sixth year of recession.
