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Migrants use an inflatable boat as they attempt to enter greece from turkey by crossing the maritsa river evros river in greek near the pazarkule border gate in.

Turkey news in hindi today burma earthquake greece october. Deadly earthquake rocks western turkey greece. The us army said the jihadi leaders were hit as they met near the rebel held province of idlib in northwest syria. In greece the last deadly quake killed two people on the island of kos near samos in july 2017.

Earthquake victim durdane aydin and her husband meet with syrian university student mahmoud othman to show their gratitude after he saved her from the wreckage of their home in elazig turkey. In 1999 a 74 magnitude earthquake struck turkeys northwest killing more than 17000 people including 1000 in istanbul. Large earthquake hits turkey and greece.

Get in touch with our news team by. Earthquake measuring 70 on the richter scale hits greece and turkey a powerful earthquake has struck off turkeys aegean coast north of the greek island of samos. It occurred as relations between russia and turkey show increasing signs of strain over ankaras military involvement in syria the caucasus mountains and in libya where moscow also has interests.

The strike was the deadliest in idlib since a turkish russian brokered truce there came into effect in march. The tremor revived questions in an earthquake prone turkey about whether the government had adequately enforced building codes and was prepared for a bigger and deadlier quake. Turkeys disaster relief agency reported 24 deaths and nearly 800 injuries while in greece two teenagers died in the island of samos.

The epicentre of the tremor was in the aegean sea. A strong earthquake of magnitude 7 has hit holiday hotspots in turkey and greece destroying a number of buildings and leading to a tsunami warning.