A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck on Friday, 30 October 2020, about 14 km northeast of the Greek island of Samos. 116 people are known to have died in Turkey, with 1,034 more injured. In Greece, there were an additional two fatalities and nineteen minor injuries.
About 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake in brief
A magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck on Friday, 30 October 2020, about 14 km northeast of the Greek island of Samos. 116 people are known to have died in Turkey, with 1,034 more injured. In Greece, there were an additional two fatalities and nineteen minor injuries. The earthquake is the deadliest of 2020 so far. Many buildings were damaged or collapsed as a result of the earthquake, with the Church the Assumption of Mary in Karlovasi, Greece, partially collapsing. In the Turkish city of İzmir, dozens of buildings were either damaged or completely collapsed.
Most of the buildings that collapsed were built in the 1990s, based on outdated earthquake regulations from 1975. The magnitude of the quake was frequently misreported as 6. 6 Mww in the Turkish media, due to an erroneous announcement by AFAD. More than 1,200 workers were involved in rescue efforts involving at least 13 buildings, which continued into the night. Ayda Gezgin, a three-year-old girl, was also said to have been the second little girl rescued from an 8-story building.
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