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The death toll from Friday’s earthquake in the Aegean Sea has reached 100, killing 98 people in the western Turkish city of Izmir, disaster authorities said.
Two teenagers also died on the Greek island of Samos, authorities said. It was the deadliest earthquake Turkey has suffered in nearly a decade.
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The quake injured 994 people in Izmir, of whom 147 are still being treated, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said on Tuesday, adding that rescuers were still combing five buildings in the search effort.
More than 3,500 tents and 13,000 beds are being used for temporary shelters in Turkey, where relief efforts have attracted nearly 8,000 people and 25 rescue dogs, the agency said.
Turkey is riddled with faults and prone to earthquakes.
More than 500 people were killed in a 2011 earthquake in the eastern city of Van, while another in January this year killed 41 people in the eastern province of Elazig.
In 1999, two strong earthquakes killed 18,000 people in northwestern Turkey. AFAD said Friday’s earthquake had a magnitude of 6.6, with about 1,400 aftershocks.
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