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A magnitude 60 earthquake killed.

Turkey news today live greece or greek. A strong earthquake of magnitude of up 70 has struck the aegean sea and was felt in both turkey and greece local and international observatories say. This one hit the densely populated industrial heartland south of istanbul. Turkeys disaster and emergency management presidency said the earthquake was centered in the aegean sea at a depth of 103 miles and registered at a 66 magnitude.

Turkey has a history of powerful earthquakes. The death toll from a powerful earthquake that hit eastern turkey stood at 29 on saturday night and could rise further warn officials. Turkey sits on top of two major fault lines and earthquakes are frequent.

Fatal earthquakes are common in turkey occurring about once every two years but most strike the sparsely populated east. Nbc news lester holt and molly hunter report subscribe to nbc new. Two strong earthquakes struck northwest turkey in 1999 killing around 18000 people.

Rescuers in eastern turkey have pulled a two week old girl her mother and grandmother from the wreckage of an apartment building three days after the countrys 72 magnitude quake. 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. The earthquake in the northwest of samos has caused great damage to buildings in smyrna izmir.

The images coming from turkey cause shock. Footage showed rescuers pulling the injured from under a. The united states geological.

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.