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11 earthquakes in the past 30 days.

Greece pes 2020 earthquake today updates. M15 or greater 0 earthquakes in the past 24 hours 1 earthquake in the past 7 days. More than 17000 people were killed in august 1999 when a 76 magnitude quake struck the western city of izmit 90 km 55 miles southeast of istanbul. Earthquakes are frequent in greece as well.

Earthquake hits turkey and greece 0410. Crisscrossed by major fault lines turkey is among the most earthquake prone countries in the world. Afad said it.

The earthquake which the kandilli institute said had a magnitude of 69 struck at 251 pm. Turkey has a history of powerful earthquakes. Local time 1151 gmt in turkey and was centered in the aegean northeast of samos.

Anadolu turkish media said the earthquake was felt across the regions of aegean and marmara where istanbul is. A strong earthquake struck friday in the aegean sea between the turkish coast and the greek island of samos killing at least 14 people and injuring. In 1999 two powerful quakes killed some 18000 people in northwestern turkey.

A building in izmir turkey damaged by an earthquake on october 30 2020. Turkey is crossed by fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. On july 20 2017 a 66 magnitude quake in bodrum turkey killed two people.

The largest recent earthquake in this area was a quake in 1956 followed by aftershocks and a tsunami that killed 53 people and injured more than 100 in greece. Turkeys disaster and emergency management presidency said the earthquake was centered in the aegean at a depth of 165 kilometers 103 miles and registered at a 66 magnitude.