Mediterranean Shrug: How Athens’ 4.8 Quake Echoed from California to Berlin
ATHENS — The Acropolis did not crumble, the tourists still queued, and the ouzo kept flowing, which is the closest thing the planet has to a miracle these days. A 4.8-magnitude earthquake shook the Greek capital yesterday at 14:13 local time, rattling marble facades and reminding the world that, beneath every cradle of Western civilization,…