Turkey and Greece hit by strong earthquake: two dead and 200 injured (video)
6.7 magnitude quake struck overnight between Bodrum and Greek islands, killing two people, injuring 200 and sending residents and tourists running into the streets. The quake struck near major tourist destinations around the Aegean sea in the early hours of Friday, Turkish and Greek officials said. Around 200 people have been injured, officials said, with at least 120 on Kos and 70 in Turkey. Both men killed in the earthquake were tourists. They died after a wall collapsed on to a bar in Kos old town close to the island’s main port. The island’s port was among structures that sustained damage and a ferry en route there was not docking, the coast guard said. Greece’s fire service said it had rescued three injured persons from a damaged building. The epicentre was just 10km south of the Turkish resort of Bodrum and 16km east-northeast of Kos.
