Earthquake strikes Crete, killing man and damaging buildings

Residents sent fleeing into the streets and schools evacuated from quake on Greek island

The Greek island of Crete has been hit by an earthquake killing one man and injuring 20, while damaging homes and churches and causing rock slides near the country's fourth-largest city.

The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of at least 5.8, sent people fleeing into the streets in the city of Heraklion, and schools were evacuated. Repeated aftershocks - described by witnesses as feeling like small explosions - rattled the area, adding to damage in villages near the centre of the quake.