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The earthquake was detected at seismic stations on Friday afternoon and several aftershocks could be felt. So far, it appears that Turkey is the country most affected by the earthquake.
The number of wounded and dead has now been adjusted upward.
So far there have been six confirmed dead in Turkey and 257 injured after the earthquake. Two dead have also been found in Samos, two schoolchildren aged 15 and 17, reports ERT station.
Ane Hagen lives in Greece on the island of Samos and noticed the earthquake today.
The earthquake was centered on the island of Samos in the Aegean Sea, and Norway’s Ane Hagen, who lives on the Greek island, felt the earthquake today.
– I had a distinct sense of panic when it was turned on. It seemed much longer than it really was. This was the largest earthquake we have had in many years. Our house is on the other side of the island, so we didn’t notice the waves on the other side, he tells NRK.
Several buildings collapsed
Several buildings in the Bayrakli and Bornoa districts of Izmir province collapsed, according to Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu.
Currently, material damage appears to be greater in these districts. According to the Turkish Anadolu news agency, an unknown number of people have been trapped under collapsed buildings.
The rescue work continues, but the work is difficult. Search teams have to fight flooding in some areas, according to CNN.
Local and search teams are searching for survivors after several buildings collapsed in Izmir, western Turkey.
Photo: Tuncay Derslioglu / Reuters
Exposed area
Izmir Mayor Tunc Soyer told CNN Turk that around 20 buildings collapsed during the earthquake. Minor damage to buildings has also been reported in six other Turkish provinces.
The Turkish television channel NTV shows, among other things, images of a four-story building that collapsed in Izmir.
– At least ten buildings have collapsed in Bayrakli. We are working to find out if lives have been lost, Mayor Serdan Sandal in the city of Bayrakli in Izmir province told NTV early Friday.
Several aftershocks also hit Turkey after Friday’s earthquake. It is said that 84 aftershocks were recorded, of which 16 were greater than 4.0 on the scale.
Turkey is among the countries in the world most prone to earthquakes. More than 17,000 people died in August 1999 when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Izmit and Istanbul.
Search teams and volunteers remove an injured woman from the ruins of Izmir.
Photo: Ismail Gokmen / AP
Mini-tsunami
Greek television reports on a mini-tsunami in Samos after the earthquake on Friday. Photos on social media also show flooding of water over the Izmir port area.
Greek television also reports buildings destroyed after the earthquake, which was centered near Samos on the Aegean Sea.
Early Friday, only four people were reported with minor injuries as a result of the earthquake. But now two dead have been found on Samos.
Residents are asked to stay away from large buildings due to the risk of multiple aftershocks.
“Samos has weathered the earthquake,” Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis commented on Twitter.
Mitsotakis now offers assistance to Turkey after the earthquake. On Friday, he called Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and said that Greek crews are ready to help with rescue work.
Here you can watch the NRK live stream from today.
A series of aftershocks
The Greek Seismological Institute measured the earthquake at 6.6, but according to the US source, the earthquake on Friday afternoon was somewhat stronger.
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reports a series of aftershocks, including a magnitude of 4.6.
The quake also struck Crete, the Greek capital Athens and Turkey’s largest city Istanbul, but no damage was reported. The earthquake was also registered in Bulgaria.
