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| Turkey earthquake: Tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens | Turkey earthquake: Tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens |
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| A strong earthquake has struck off the Aegean coast of western Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos, with tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens. | A strong earthquake has struck off the Aegean coast of western Turkey and the Greek island of Lesbos, with tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens. |
| The epicentre of the 6.3 magnitude quake was 5km (3 miles) south of the Greek town of Plomari, south of Lesbos, the US Geological Survey said. | The epicentre of the 6.3 magnitude quake was 5km (3 miles) south of the Greek town of Plomari, south of Lesbos, the US Geological Survey said. |
| Several buildings in the town were damaged, the mayor said. There were no immediate reports of any casualties. | |
| Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and earthquakes are common. | Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and earthquakes are common. |
| "The trembling was really bad. Everything in my clinic started shaking wildly, we all ran outside with the patients," Didem Eris, a 50-year-old dentist in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, told Reuters news agency. | "The trembling was really bad. Everything in my clinic started shaking wildly, we all ran outside with the patients," Didem Eris, a 50-year-old dentist in the Turkish coastal city of Izmir, told Reuters news agency. |
| "We are very used to earthquakes as people of Izmir but this one was different. I thought to myself that this time we were going to die." | "We are very used to earthquakes as people of Izmir but this one was different. I thought to myself that this time we were going to die." |
| Social media users who said they were in western Turkey reported a strong and sustained tremor, with aftershocks later felt across the Aegean region. | |
| "We will be seeing the aftershocks of this in the coming hours, days and weeks," said Haluk Ozener, head of Turkey's Kandilli observatory in Istanbul. | |
| In Greece, initial reports noted damage to homes and other old buildings both in Plomari and the town of Mytilene on the Greek island of Lesbos, resulting in a number of minor injuries to residents. | |
| Turkey and Greece have experienced dozens of earthquakes in recent decades. | |
| At least 51 people were killed in a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in eastern Turkey in March 2010. | |
| In 1999, a 7.6 magnitude quake hit the city of Izmit, killing more than 17,000 people and leaving half a million more homeless in densely populated parts of the north-west of the country. |