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Anadolu Agency quoted the governor of Istanbul as saying that there was no news of losses due to the earthquake felt by residents of the city.
On the other hand, Reuters reported that the earthquake was also felt by residents of the Greek capital Athens and residents of Crete, but there have been no reports of casualties yet, according to local media.
She added that "There are no immediate reports of injury or damage.".
According to preliminary estimates, the earthquake occurred north of the island of Samos, near the Turkish coast, around 11:50 GMT.
Greek media said that residents of Samos and other islands have fled their homes, while there are reports that some rocks have fallen.
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Turkish news agencies and reports said that the earthquake that struck the Aegean region off Izmir triggered partial tsunamis.
On its Twitter account, Anadolu Agency said: “A partial ‘tsunami’ occurred in the ‘travel site’ area due to the Izmir earthquake and initial information about an injured person.”
While Turkey’s Department of Emergency and Disaster Management said a 6.6 magnitude earthquake shook the country’s coastline overlooking the Aegean Sea on Friday, the U.S. Seismological Center said the earthquake’s strength was 7, according to the Richter scale.
The European Seismological Center of the Mediterranean said that the initial magnitude of the earthquake was 6.9 and that its epicenter was 13 km northeast of the Greek island of Samos.
“The earthquake measured 6.6 on the Richter scale, with its center at a depth of 16.5 kilometers in the Aegean Sea off the coast of the city of” Svrihisar “in western Turkey,” reported the Agency of Anatolia News in a tweet posted on his Twitter account. Media reports said that the earthquake was felt by the residents of my city. Istanbul and Izmir too.
The Turkish Defense Ministry announced the formation of a crisis cell in the ministry after the Izmir earthquake, and two helicopters were assigned to participate in search and rescue operations, as Turkey’s Department of Emergency and Disaster Control announced a Preliminary result of the earthquake in which it indicated that 4 people died, one of whom drowned due to the high water level of the Aegean Sea. In addition to 152 injured.
And reports indicated that so far some 70 people have been rescued from the rubble due to the earthquake in Izmir.
The Turkish Interior Minister said: “The information we have received so far indicates that 6 buildings have collapsed in the Perakliuburnova regions of Izmir.” In a later statement, the governor of Izmir indicated that there are reports of the collapse of some 20 buildings in the state due to the earthquake, while he said at the time. Previous “We have not received any information on victims or material losses from the earthquake.”
Anadolu Agency quoted the governor of Istanbul as saying that there was no news of losses due to the earthquake felt by residents of the city.
On the other hand, Reuters reported that the earthquake was also felt by residents of the Greek capital Athens and residents of Crete, but there have been no reports of casualties yet, according to local media.
He added: “There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage.”
According to preliminary estimates, the earthquake occurred north of the island of Samos, near the Turkish coast, around 11:50 GMT.
Greek media said that residents of Samos and other islands have fled their homes, while there are reports that some rocks have fallen.
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