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Latest earthquake in Turkey and Greece kills at least 22 people – Abroad – News

The earthquake occurred near the Turkish resort town of Izmir and was felt from Athens to Istanbul.

The Turkish government’s disaster service AFAD reported that at least 20 people had been killed and about 800 injured in Izmir.

The greatest damage has been done to and around Izmir, which has a population of three million.

Scenes from the Turkish state TV channel TRT show a collapsed building in Izmir and cars covered in rubble.

Pictures posted on social media show collapsed residential houses and streets littered with rubble.

The mayor of Izmir said that 20 buildings had collapsed in the city, and rescue work is focused on 17 of the rubble of these buildings.

A small tsunami has also affected the coastal town of Seferihisar, south of Izmir.

Turkish President Regepi Taipa Erdogan announced on Twitter that rescue teams have started working in the region.

The governor of Izmir province said 70 survivors had been pulled from the ruins of the collapsed buildings by Friday evening, but it is not known how many people are still missing.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the epicenter of the earthquake was located in the Aegean Sea 14 kilometers north-northeast of the Greek island of Sam.

AFAD reports that the magnitude of the earthquake was 6.6 magnitude and it occurred at a depth of 16.5 kilometers.

Greek public television ERT reports that the earthquake caused a mini-tsunami and damaged several houses on the island of Sam.

Two teenagers have been killed and four more injured on the island.

ERT reports that the earthquake caused a flood of water in the port of Sam, but the walls of several houses on the island collapsed.

The ERT reports that two 15- and 17-year-old students died in Sama when a broken wall collapsed.

The Greek Civil Protection Agency called on the people of Sam to stay outside the buildings and not to approach them.

The Turkish and Greek foreign ministers have announced that the two countries will help each other.

“Whatever our differences, this is a time for our peoples to stand together,” Greek Prime Minister Kiriak Micotakis later said on Twitter.

“Thank you, Prime Minister,” Turkish President Regier Tajip Erdogan wrote in a reply. “The fact that two neighbors show solidarity in difficult times is more valuable than many things in life.”

France, whose president Emmanuel Macron has argued with Erdogan several times over the past year, has expressed “full solidarity” with both countries.

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