34+ Earthquake Samos Greece Background. 7.0 magnitude earthquake in the aegean sea causes tsunami on greek island of samos. On samos, two teenagers were killed.
A strong earthquake struck close to the greek island of samos in the eastern aegean sea off the coast of turkey friday, resulting in a lot of damage and at least 37 deaths. Dionysiou confirmed numerous, mostly old buildings had been damaged in the quake. Epicenters and locations of the latest quakes near sámos, north aegean, greece.
The 1904 samos earthquake struck greece on august 11 with moment magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum mercalli intensity of x (extreme).
Ten hours after it struck, rescue workers were still pulling people from rubble in the turkish city of izmir. Powerful earthquake jolts turkey and greece, killing at least 27. The quake, centered in the aegean, killed at least 24 people in turkey and two in greece. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 has struck off turkey's aegean coast and north of the greek island of samos, resulting in multiple buildings being destroyed and several people killed.