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Friday, October 30, 2020
The earth shakes in the Aegean Sea for an unusually long time and for an unusually long time. There are probably destroyed houses in Turkey and Greece. Additionally, the tremor followed a large wave that passed over the harbor wall at Samos. Initially there are no reports of injuries.
There has been a strong earthquake in western Turkey. The epicenter of the 6.6-magnitude earthquake was in the Aegean Sea off Seferihisar in Turkey’s Izmir province, state news agency Anadolu reported. The US earthquake monitoring station, USGS, even gave the strength of 7.0. The tremors were also felt in Greece. The island of Samos is particularly affected. Clouds of dust rose there and several buildings were damaged, Greek state television reported.
Greek television channels show images of the flooded coastal promenade, where the water washed away the cars. The German Geosciences Research Center (GFZ) in Potsdam reported on Friday afternoon on the “severe earthquake with tsunami”. According to GFZ calculations, the waves reached heights of more than 1.5 meters; they could possibly reach up to three meters high on the coast. The earthquake could even be felt in the Greek capital, Athens.
Turkish Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu wrote on Twitter that six buildings collapsed and other buildings were damaged. The deaths are not yet known. Turkish news channel TRT showed images of a collapsed building in Izmir and reported panic on the streets of the country’s third-largest city during the earthquake. Telephone connections were interrupted. Television images showed larger dust clouds over the city. The governor of Izmir said that so far no precise information on the victims or damages can be provided.
According to Anadolu, the earthquake occurred at 2:51 pm local time. According to initial findings, it was very close to the surface. It is also said to be extraordinarily long, around 30 seconds, as announced by the Samos city council.
