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  • M 6.7 Earthquake - 10km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey

    Source: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthqua...nd#region-info M 6.7 - 10km SSE of Bodrum, Turkey

    2017-07-20 22:31:12 UTC 36.949?N 27.458?E 10.0 km depth
    Nearby Places

    Direction data (below) indicate the position of the event relative to the place.
    • Bodrum, Turkey 10.3 km (6.4 mi) SSE Population: 39,317
    • Kos, Greece 16.2 km (10.1 mi) ENE Population: 19,244
    • Turgutreis, Turkey 18.6 km (11.6 mi) ESE Population: 16,490
    • Dat?a, Turkey 30.9 km (19.2 mi) NW Population: 10,121
    • Muğla, Turkey 86.2 km (53.5 mi) WSW Population: 48,183













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    Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...rkey-USGS.html




    BREAKING NEWS - Powerful earthquake off Turkish coast triggers a Mediterranean tsunami: Beachfront hotels are damaged, holidaymakers run for their lives and hospital patients cower under desks for safety
    Powerful quake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 has struck off the Turkish coast
    Hotels were flooded as the tsunami hit near the southwestern city of Marmaris
    Effects felt in the Turkish town of Bodrum and on the Greek holiday island of Kos
    By Alexander Robertson For Mailonline
    Published: 23:59 BST, 20 July 2017 | Updated: 00:56 BST, 21 July 2017



    A powerful earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.7 has struck off the Turkish coast, triggering a tsunami in the Mediterranean.

    Beachfront hotels full of British holidaymakers were flooded in the coastal city of Marmaris, Turkey, while the effects were also felt on islands such as Crete and Rhodes.

    The tremor struck at 1.31 am local time (10.31pm GMT) approximately 6.4 miles south of Bodrum, Turkey and 10 miles east of the party island of Kos, Greece.

    Eyewitnesses said there were several aftershocks up to a magnitude of 5.8, while social media users posted videos of hospital staff and patients cowering for cover...
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