A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7 on the Richter scale occurred on Friday near the Aegean island of Samos. It caused great destruction in several resort areas of Greece and Turkey.
The earthquake occurred at 13:51 p.m. local time, just 19 kilometers northwest of the capital of the island, at a depth of 10 kilometers.
People rushed out into the streets in panic, as powerful earthquakes had previously taken the lives of thousands of local residents in this area.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that six buildings collapsed in the districts of Bayrakla and Bornov.
As a result of an emergency, a 12-story residential building collapsed in the seaside resort city of Izmir. There may be hundreds of people under the rubble.
Television footage and video circulating on social networks showed how people in Greece and Turkey were desperately sorting through the wreckage of some destroyed buildings to get to the people trapped under the rubble.
In addition, a tsunami caused by an earthquake occurred in Izmir. The footage taken by eyewitnesses shows that the streets of the city are flooded with water and various objects are carried away by the current.
