The most shocking videos of the strong earthquake that shook Greece and Turkey

10/30/2020 10:39

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Updated 10/30/2020 10:55 AM

An earthquake of magnitude 6.7 on the Richter scale shook this Friday at 1:51 p.m. local time (11.51 GMT) the Greek island of Samos, in the east of the country, according to the Geodynamic Institute of the National Observatory of Athens.  

Although no fatalities have been reported, damaged buildings were reported and the walls of some houses and churches collapsed.

Minutes after the event, videos of the moment of the earthquake began to go viral on social networks, showing significant material damage.

At first, the observatory evaluated the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.6, but later revised it to 6.7.

The earthquake was felt in Izmir, western Turkey, and caused several buildings to collapse, the United States Geophysical Institute (USGS) and Turkish media reported.

The epicenter of the telluric movement is in the Aegean Sea, about 17 kilometers from the Seferihisar district, in the Turkish city of Izmir.

The tremor has been noted in much of the western provinces of Turkey and the nearby Greek islands.

On the Greek island of Samos, a mini-tsunami occurred in the Aegean Sea and material damage to buildings was reported.

🟦FLASH INFO🟥

A mini-tsunami is produced sur l'île grecque de # Samos🇬🇷 en mer Egée et des dégâts matériels dans des bâtiments ont été enregistrés à la suite de ce fort # seéisme qui a frappé cette île de la mer Egée.

(AFP) https://t.co/jci6LlcA09

- UNIVERS MÉDIAS (@UniversMedias) October 30, 2020

Social media users who reported the incident were dismayed and scared by the possibility of a new earthquake in the area.

Small tsunami hits Samos, second one expected pic.twitter.com/NV5kFjnrFr

- Ouzo Papadopoulos 🍾🇬🇷 (@DIAS) October 30, 2020

In the images you can see how the mini tsunami turned the streets into a small river and the surprise of the people who were in the bars.

The tremor has been noted in much of the western provinces of Turkey and the nearby Greek islands.

# 30Oct 🇹🇷 A tsunami hits the coasts of the Turkish province of Izmir, after a magnitude 7 earthquake in the Aegean Sea, off the Greek island of Samos.

#TVV

🎥Video courtesy @DailySabah, from Sığacık, Turkey.

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- TVV Noticias (@TVVnoticias) October 30, 2020

The governorate of the Turkish province of Izmir has stated in a statement that, at the moment, no victims have been reported, although at least ten buildings have collapsed in the Bayrakli neighborhood, according to the NTV station.

"There are buildings that have collapsed, but for now we cannot speak of injuries or deaths. We are investigating it," Büsra Gökçe, an official of the Izmir city council, told Efe by phone.

# TURKEY |

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✔Derrumbe in Izmir after earthquake M7 (USGS) on the coast of the Aegean Sea.

🔹The epicenter was only 17 kilometers from the Seferihisar district, in the Turkish city of Izmir.

and near the Greek island of Samos.

pic.twitter.com/uhrWcNCCHh

- RedClimáticaMundial (@Alerta_Noticias) October 30, 2020

For its part, the CNNTürk station reports on five strong aftershocks of the earthquake.

"I was in a restaurant. We are terribly shocked. We ran, a building has collapsed before my eyes," businessman Özgür Aktepe, a resident of Izmir, told Efe by phone.

The earthquake lasted more than 30 seconds in the Greek area and has been felt throughout the country, including the capital, Athens, which is located more than 300 kilometers from Samos, according to the vice mayor of that town, Mijalis Mitsiós, told ERT.

BREAKING - Buildings collapsing in #Izmir (Turkey) after a powerful earthquake in #Samos, Greece.

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- Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) October 30, 2020

Greek Civil Protection has sent a warning of a possible tsunami through emergency service 112 and the regional government of the North Aegean asked residents to avoid driving on the roads parallel to the sea.

The earthquake had a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

According to the professor of Geodynamics at the University of Athens Efthymios Lekas, although it is still too early to know for sure, it is likely that it is the main earthquake and later there will only be replicas.

With information from news agencies.

JPE

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