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TankerTrackers.com Locates Seized Greek Tankers in Iranian Waters

The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
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TankerTrackers.com Locates Seized Greek Tankers in Iranian Waters

The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP

Two Greek oil tankers seized by Iran last week are located in Iranian waters, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a Twitter post on Thursday.

"We now have a visual confirmation that the hijacked Greek Suezmax tanker Prudent Warrior is in the anchorage of Bandar Abbas, Iran," the online service which tracks and reports shipments and storage of crude oil said in the post.

The second vessel, the Delta Poseidon, also a Suezmax tanker, is being held north of Larak island, it added, according to Reuters.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' navy seized the two vessels on May 27 in the Gulf, after the United States confiscated oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker, the Pegas, held off the Greek coast, Tehran's state media had said.

The Pegas was later released but the seizure inflamed tensions at a delicate time, with Iran and world powers seeking to revive a deal to restrain Tehran's nuclear program which US former President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018.

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Strong Earthquake in Taiwan Injures 27 and Causes Scattered Damage 

A view of the traffic in Taipei, Taiwan January 17, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the traffic in Taipei, Taiwan January 17, 2025. (Reuters)
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Strong Earthquake in Taiwan Injures 27 and Causes Scattered Damage 

A view of the traffic in Taipei, Taiwan January 17, 2025. (Reuters)
A view of the traffic in Taipei, Taiwan January 17, 2025. (Reuters)

A 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Taiwan early Tuesday, leaving 27 people with minor injuries and some reported damage. 

The quake hit at 12:17 a.m. and was centered 38 kilometers (24 miles) southeast of Chiayi County Hall at a depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles), Taiwan’s Central Weather Administration said. The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake at a less powerful magnitude 6. 

There were scattered reports of minor to moderate damage around the cities of Chiayi and Tainan. 

Taiwan’s fire department said 27 people were sent to hospitals for minor injuries. Among them were six people, including a 1-month-old baby, who were rescued from a collapsed house in the Nanxi district of Tainan. The Zhuwei bridge on a provincial highway was reported to be damaged. 

No deaths have been reported, though rescuers were still assessing damage. 

Two people in Tainan and one person in Chiayi city were rescued without injuries after being trapped in elevators. 

The quake caused a fire at a printing factory in Chiayi, but it was extinguished, and there were no reports of injuries. 

Last April, a magnitude 7.4 quake hit the island’s mountainous eastern coast of Hualien, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 1,000 others. The strongest earthquake in 25 years was followed by hundreds of aftershocks. 

Taiwan lies along the Pacific “Ring of Fire,” the line of seismic faults encircling the Pacific Ocean where most of the world’s earthquakes occur.