7.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami affecting Turkey and Greece
2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
The partially collapsed Doğanlar Apartment where 15 people died.[1]
UTC time
2020-10-30 11:51:26
ISC event
619514791
USGS-ANSS
ComCat
Local date
30 October 2020 (2020-10-30)
Local time
14:51 TRT (UTC+3)[2]
Duration
16 seconds[3]
Magnitude
7.0 Mw[4]
Depth
16.1 km (10.0 mi)[4]
Epicentre
37°55′05″N26°47′24″E / 37.918°N 26.790°E / 37.918; 26.790 East Aegean Sea
Type
Normal
Areas affected
Turkey, Greece
Total damage
> $400 million
Max. intensity
MMI VIII (Severe)
Peak acceleration
0.98 g
Tsunami
5.6–6 m (18–20 ft)
Foreshocks
Three months prior
Aftershocks
2,800+ recorded
Casualties
119 dead, 1,053 injured, 15,000 homeless[5][6]
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0[4][note 1] occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the Turkish city İzmir, 70 km (43 mi) northeast that was heavily affected—more than 700 residential and commercial structures were seriously damaged or destroyed. One hundred and seventeen people died in İzmir Province while an additional 1,034 were injured.[9][10] In Greece, there were two fatalities and 19 injured.[11] The earthquake is the deadliest in the year 2020, and the third major earthquake to strike Turkey that year. The event is called the Samos earthquake by the International Seismological Centre.[4]
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^"Twenty one dead, more than 700 wounded in earthquake in Turkey's Izmir". Ahval. 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
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^ abcdInternational Seismological Centre. Event Bibliography. Thatcham, United Kingdom. [Event619514791].
^"Three-year-old girl rescued 91 hours after Turkey quake". Al Jazeera.
^"Earthquake hits Greece and Turkey, bringing deaths and floods". BBC News. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
^"Celal Şengör isyan etti: Lütfen şu 6,6'yı artık silin". cumhuriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^"Son dakika... İzmir'de 6.9 büyüklüğünde deprem! İstanbul'da da hissedildi!" [Last minute... 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Izmir! It was felt in Istanbul too!]. sozcu.com.tr (in Turkish). Sözcü. 31 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
^Özmen, Merve Yıldızalp (14 November 2020). "İzmir'deki depremde can kaybı 116'ya yükseldi". Anadolu Agency.
^admin (8 November 2020). "Turkey's earthquake death toll rises to 115". Time24 Story. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
^RTnews (31 October 2020). "Turkey's Erdogan & Greek PM Mitsotakis exchange words of SUPPORT after deadly Aegean Sea quake hits both nations". EMEA Tribune. Retrieved 5 November 2020.[permanent dead link]
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