death toll of the #Earthquake#GreeceEarthquake in Turkey is now at 25 and 800 wounded according to the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD). 4 buildings wete completely destroyed, 70 people were rescued from rubble. 1 Person drowned in the Tsunami.
And according to Turkish goverment data untul friday evenning there were 19 earthquakes between 3.3-4.8. The damege investigation is still ongoing in Turkey and Greece.
“There could be secondary earthquakes of up to 5.8 magnitudes and a strong tremor could knock down already damaged buildings,”Doğan Kalafat of the AFAD institute told broadcaster CNN Türk. On Samoa 2 people are confirmed dead as a boy and girl were hit by a collapsed wall outside
and a 30 to 40-kilometer fault line ruptured during the tremor in the area.
update by AFAD more then 100 people got saved and actual 470 aftershocks were reported. Search and rescue operations were complete in eight buildings, while operations continued in nine others, officials said.
Updates total deathcount now 30 in Turkey, 28 of them in Izmir, one person drowned in the mini Tsunami in Izmir and 2 childrens died in Samo as only Greece deaths.
100People rescued
885 injured
5,000 rescue personal
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In a show of solidarity rare in recent months of tense bilateral relations, Greek and Turkish government officials issued mutual messages of solidarity, and the leaders of Greece and Turkey held a telephone conversation.
“I thank President Erdogan for his positive response to my call,” the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Saturday before travelling to Samos, where he visited the families of the teenagers who were killed.
Station Code: EAG2
Network Code: HL/Portable
Site name: Kardamila
Seismometer: LE-3D/20
Datalogger: SMART24
Latitude: 38.5438°N
Longitude: 26.1079°E
Elevation: 1 m
Update : 37 deaths and 885 injuries in Turkey due to the Aegean Sea earthquake yesterday. 9 rescue operations still ongoing. via @ignis_fatum
With the two deads from Greece the total deathcount is 39
Intresting map of seismic activity of strong earthquakes in the area as well as the strong 7.0 #GreeceEarthquake
/ #TurkeyEarthquake showing all quakes since the beginning of the recording 1900. #AegeanEarthquake
according to this graphic by the @USGS it can be seen that parts of the Island Samoa has risen in parts 5cm and at the northern cost even 10cm!! Wich is geological seen pretty much. #AegeanEarthquake#GreeceEarthquake#TurkeyEarthquake
the red areas went down wich effected also parts of the Island Samoa.
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