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Last edited Fri Oct 30, 2020, 02:20 PM - Edit history (2)
At least 14 people have been killed and 419 injured after a powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea toppled buildings in the Turkish city of İzmir and created sea surges on at least two Greek islands.
Turkey’s disaster and emergency authority (Afad) said 12 people died when the quake, measuring about 7.0 in magnitude, struck at 2.51pm local time (11.51am GMT) on Friday. One of the dead had drowned, Afad said.
Two people were reported to have been killed on the Greek island of Samos.
The death toll is expected to rise, with the mayor of İzmir telling CNN Türk that at least 20 buildings had collapsed in the city. İzmir is home to 4.5 million people and serves as a gateway to several holiday resorts.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/30/powerful-earthquake-rocks-turkish-coast-and-greek-islands-izmir
Turkey’s disaster and emergency authority (Afad) said 12 people died when the quake, measuring about 7.0 in magnitude, struck at 2.51pm local time (11.51am GMT) on Friday. One of the dead had drowned, Afad said.
Two people were reported to have been killed on the Greek island of Samos.
The death toll is expected to rise, with the mayor of İzmir telling CNN Türk that at least 20 buildings had collapsed in the city. İzmir is home to 4.5 million people and serves as a gateway to several holiday resorts.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/30/powerful-earthquake-rocks-turkish-coast-and-greek-islands-izmir
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54749509
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