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  • Live Updates: Casualties, Major Damage Reported After Strong Earthquakes Hit Turkey, Greece


    12:00 GMT 30.10.2020
    (updated 14:17 GMT 30.10.2020)

    Major damage has been reported following a strong 6.6-magnitude earthquake that hit Greece and Turkey on Friday.

    A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit Greece's Dodecanese Islands and Turkey's Aegean coast on Friday.

    According to the seismological laboratory of the University of Athens, the epicentre was located 24 kilometres (14.9 miles) to the north-west of the island of Samos at a depth of 10 kilometres.

    The earthquake was also felt in Athens.



    The next few hours may be stressful. You may feel confused, anxious, scared. These reactions are understandable: #earthquakes are scary. Stay safe, check on people around you, follow the authorities' info.

    • 16:50At Least 12 Killed, 419 Injured in Earthquake in Turkey


      "The number of injured increased to 419. The bodies of 12 dead were found," the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said in a statement.

      Rescuers are working on the rubble of 17 destroyed buildings, the AFAD added.
    https://sputniknews.com/europe/20201...ece-emsc-says/
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    USGS Earthquakes

    M 7.0 - 15 km NNE of N?on Karlov?sion, Greece
    • 2020-10-30 11:51:27 (UTC)
    • 37.918?N 26.790?E
    • 21.0 km depth
    Tectonic Summary

    The October 30, 2020, M 7.0 earthquake offshore Samos Island, Greece, occurred as the result of normal faulting at a shallow crustal depth within the Eurasia tectonic plate in the eastern Aegean Sea. The focal mechanism solution indicates that the earthquake occurred on a moderately dipping normal fault striking either eastward or westward. This mechanism indicates north-south oriented extension that is common in the Aegean Sea. Tectonics in the region surrounding this earthquake are relatively complex; to the south, Africa (Nubia) lithosphere subducts northward beneath the Eurasia plate at the Hellenic Trench; to the east, the Anatolian microplate (part of Eurasia) moves in a general westward direction, driving right-lateral faulting along its northern boundary, the North Anatolian Fault, and left-lateral faulting in southeast Turkey. The Aegean Sea region, western Turkey, and southern Greece where the October 30 earthquake occurred overall experiences north-south extension that is driven by southward migration of the Hellenic Trench.


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