Severe earthquake shakes Turkey: follow-up tsunami threatens to hit a metropolis - video shows massive collapse

There has been a strong earthquake in Turkey.

Media reports of collapsed houses and panic on the streets.

• A major

  earthquake off the coast of Izmir

  shakes

  western Turkey, the Aegean Sea and parts of Greece

  .

• Turkish media report

  numerous collapsed buildings and panic in the streets

  .

• Experts are now seeing

  clear signs of a tsunami

  that could follow the quake.

Istanbul - There

has been a

in

.

The

state news agency Anadolu reported on Friday that the

epicenter of the

quake

was in the

in the

.

The tremors were also felt in Greece.

The

has been

particularly

hit, where there have been reports of building damage.

The

, a landmark of the island, collapsed in parts.

Turkey: Violent earthquake in the west of the country - several buildings collapsed

The Turkish news channel TRT showed pictures of a

and reported panic on the streets during the quake.

Telephone connections were interrupted.

Unconfirmed sources speak of a total of 20

.

And the quake is likely to continue - an unusually long time.

Over 20 Buildings have Collapsed after 6.9 Magnitude Earthquake in #Izmir, Turkey

And they are going Down pic.twitter.com/4FKw8y9OgN

- Megh Updates 🚨 (@MeghUpdates) October 30, 2020

The television images showed larger clouds of dust hanging over the city.

In

an interview with the television station, the

said that so far no precise

made.

According to Anadolu, the quake occurred at 2:51 p.m. local time.

Turkey: Tsunami feared after the earthquake near Izmir - warning for the entire region

The Turkish portal Hürriyet reports of

.

Two of them are said to have reached a strength of 4.8.

Unfortunately

, the

no longer the only concern of the people on the

.

A

for the region

.

Pictures would clearly show how the water levels in front of the megacity are falling.

A clear

.