26+ Izmit Earthquake Tsunami Izmir Turkey Earthquake Images. A huge earthquake has rocked turkey as it destroyed scores of buildings and triggered a tsunami that swept through coastal towns. A powerful earthquake has rocked turkey as it destroyed buildings and triggered a tsunami that swept through coastal towns.
Learn vocabulary, terms and more with flashcards, games and other study tools. The quake was felt across the eastern greek islands and even in the greek capital, athens. Residents were warned not to enter damaged buildings, and to stay off roads so that emergency crews and rescue personnel could quickly access affected areas.
A strong earthquake in the aegean sea has rattled greece and areas of western turkey, killing more than two dozen people.
A strong earthquake struck friday in the aegean sea between the turkish coast and the greek island of samos, killing at least 14 people and injuring hundreds amid collapsed buildings and flooding, officials said. 17 august 1999, 0002 utc, mw 7.4 the august 17, 1999 7.4 mw izmit bay, turkey earthquake caused over 17,000 deaths, 50,000 injuries, and left 250,000 people homeless According to the seismological laboratory of the at the same time, the turkish disaster and emergency management presidency (afad) has stated that an earthquake of the same magnitude. The quake's epicenter is off turkey's aegean coast, north of the greek island of samos.