Documents from the city of Izmir, which has a population of about 4.3 million, show destruction at various points in the area - where six buildings collapsed. • According to reports, the quake was felt in Bulgaria, Cyprus - and even in Egypt and Libya.
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred today (Friday) in the Aegean Sea, near the Greek island of Samos and just 17 km from the Turkish city of Izmir, the country's most important port city.
An earthquake has hit the Turkish city of Izmir
The quake was felt in large areas of Turkey.
Apart from Bazmir, citizens also felt it in the country's largest city, Istanbul, as well as in Oshak, Denizli, Mansa, Blixir, Aydin and Mullah.
According to the Anadolu news agency, in Izmir, the third largest city in the country, six buildings collapsed.
"At present, no damage to the port is known," Dr. Chai Eitan Cohen Inrojek, a modern Turkish researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security and Tel Aviv University, tells Israel Today.
"Even if the port is damaged, then it is not likely to harm economically humanity in Turkey because there is the port in Mersin. Unlike the earthquake in 2011, if the Turkish government needed help, it could very well agree to receive it. So, it was in a van where many Kurds live, and now it It took place in Izmir - a city whose inhabitants are mostly Turks. "
Surfers uploaded to social networks videos showing a tsunami wave washing the streets of one of the towns adjacent to Izmar and causing extensive property damage.
Documents from Izmir, which is located in the west of the country and has a population of 4.3 million in its metropolitan area, show destruction in various points in the city - partly partial and partly complete.
With the exception of Turkey and Greece, the quake was also felt in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Cyprus and even Egypt and Libya.
According to media reports in Greece, extensive parts of Samos Island were flooded due to the magnitude of the quake.
The last time a quake of similar magnitude occurred in Turkey was on October 23, 2011, when a magnitude 7.2 earthquake shook the eastern province of Van - a quake that killed 604 people and destroyed 2,262 buildings.
In 1999, more than 17,000 people were killed in an earthquake that struck Izmit in northwestern Turkey and was felt even in Izmir, which is hundreds of miles from the epicenter.