Powerful Aegean earthquake kills at least 14 people in Turkey and Greece, injures hun

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Powerful Aegean earthquake kills at least 14 people in Turkey and Greece, injures hundreds

Mag 7 quake in the Aegean.

A powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea left at least 14 people dead Friday in Turkey and Greece, flattened at least 20 buildings in coastal Turkey and sent a surge of seawater flooding streets near the Turkish city of Izmir.


The magnitude 7 earthquake — felt as far away as Istanbul and Athens — occurred about 10 miles north of the Greek island of Samos, according to U.S. Geological Survey.



At least 12 people were dead and more than 400 injured in Turkey, according to Turkey’s disaster management agency, which said one of the victims had drowned. At least 20 structures, including some multistory apartment buildings in Izmir, collapsed, authorities said.

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I heard about this, sound like the number dead is rising. What a shame. Even followed up with a mini-tsunami.

[Peter1469]

I heard about this, sound like the number dead is rising. What a shame. Even followed up with a mini-tsunami.

The numbers of dead and wounded will rise as authorities move into the stricken areas.

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Quake strikes Turkish coast and Greek island, killing 19

Update

A strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, killing at least 19 people and injuring over 700 amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said.

A small tsunami struck the Seferihisar district south of Izmir, the city in western Turkey that was the worst affected by the quake, said Haluk Ozener, director of the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.


At least 17 people were killed in Izmir, Turkey’s third-largest city, including one who drowned, and 709 were injured, according to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, or AFAD.