Izmir Turkey Scrap Yard World Earthquake Warning

In this aerial view from a drone five luxury cruise ships are seen being broken down for scrap metal at the aliaga ship recycling port on october 02 2020 in izmir.

Turkey news english greece earthquake 19th july 2019. Turkeys disaster and emergency management presidency said fridays earthquake was centered in the aegean at a depth of 165 kilometers 103 miles and registered at a 66 magnitude. Aliaga turkey reuters business is booming at a sea dock in western turkey where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the covid 19 pandemic all but destroyed the industry the head of a ship recyclers group said on friday. The tremor about 17km 11 miles off the coast of western izmir.

A strong earthquake of magnitude 70 hit western turkey on friday according to the united states geological survey usgs. Aliaga turkey reuters business is booming at a sea dock in western turkey where five hulking cruise ships are being dismantled for scrap metal sales after the covid 19 pandemic all but. The quake registered a 70 of the richter scale and had its epicentre to the north of the island of greek island samos near turkey.

Crisscrossed by major fault lines turkey is among the most earthquake prone countries in the world. A powerful earthquake has rockedturkey destroying buildings and triggering a tsunami as the tremor was felt 120 miles away in kos. Izmir turkey october 02.

As per the usgs the tremors occured a depth of 10 km at 1151 am utc. More than 17000 people were killed in august 1999 when a 76 magnitude quake struck izmit a. Cruise ships were home to the some of the earliest clusters of covid 19 as the pandemic spread globally early this year.

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 70 has struck off turkeys aegean coast north of the greek island of samos officials said.