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Armenians not affected by earthquake on island of Kos
Armenian nationals were not injured in an earthquake that struck near the on the Greek island of Kos on Friday, Spokesman for the Armenian Foreign Ministry Tigran Balayan said. The 6.7-magnitude quake hit 12km (seven miles) north-east of Kos, near the Turkish coast, with a depth of 10km at 02:31 Yerevan time (22:31 GMT), killing two people and (22:31 GMT Thursday) and injuring about 120 on the island. About 70 people were injured on the adjacent islands. The two deceased have not been named but police said that they were foreigners. They died after they were crushed by debris from either a collapsed wall or an old building, police said.
