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Earthquake strikes in Aegean Sea off coast of Turkey, Greece
cnn ^ | 10/30/2020 | Zamira Rahim

Posted on 10/30/2020 8:35:49 AM PDT by mylife

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the Aegean Sea off Greece and Turkey on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. At least 4 people were killed in the quake, according to Turkey’s health minister. The city of Izmir in Turkey has been particularly badly hit with reports of at least 20 building destroyed, cars being crushed and people in the streets following the quake. The earthquake has also caused damage on the Greek island of Samos in the Aegean sea.


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KEYWORDS: aegean; crete; earthquake; earthquakes; erdogan; greece; izmir; kurdistan; quake; quakes; receptayyiperdogan; samos; smyrna; turkey
Looks pretty bad.
1 posted on 10/30/2020 8:35:49 AM PDT by mylife
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To: mylife

Related:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3899758/posts


2 posted on 10/30/2020 8:37:35 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Looks like a bad day to get swarma for lunch.


3 posted on 10/30/2020 8:39:06 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Tsunami too


4 posted on 10/30/2020 8:41:22 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Lots of pic and vids at aljazeera.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/30/earthquake-of-magnitude-6-6-shakes-turkeys-aegean-coast?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark


5 posted on 10/30/2020 8:43:46 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Lots of pic and vids at aljazeera.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/10/30/earthquake-of-magnitude-6-6-shakes-turkeys-aegean-coast?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark


6 posted on 10/30/2020 8:43:50 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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My translator is on the fritz, but the video speaks for itself...

https://mobile.twitter.com/digerkm/status/1322174877072297984

Looks like Izmir, Turkey got nailed by a tsunami as well.

Prayers for all affected.


7 posted on 10/30/2020 8:51:18 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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Yes they did, city of 4.5 million.


8 posted on 10/30/2020 8:54:55 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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https://twitter.com/i/status/1322163744621973504


9 posted on 10/30/2020 8:58:35 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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Yes, they need our prayers.

It made me sick to watch that big building collapsing, knowing there were dozens of people inside.

Lord, have mercy on them all.


10 posted on 10/30/2020 11:11:36 AM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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Small Tsunamis in Turkey.


11 posted on 10/30/2020 11:21:46 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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