Two killed in 6
Quake kills two tourists on Greek holiday island
Quake kills two tourists on Greek holiday island
Kos (Greece) (AFP) – A 6.7-magnitude undersea quake hit the Greek holiday island of Kos and the Turkish resort of Bodrum on Friday, killing two people and injuring hundreds in areas abuzz with nightlife.
The epicentre of the quake was about ten kilometres (six miles) south of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers, and sixteen kilometres east of Kos, the US Geological Survey said.
“(There was) this noisy rumbling noise and we all ran out. my four friends fell to the ground due to the place wiggling so much,” 18-year-old Briton Harriet Longley told AFP from Kos.
“We all crawled out and managed to get down the stairs where the other guests were screaming.”
Television footage demonstrated gutted stone buildings and island streets packed with rubble.
The quake, followed by scores of aftershocks, also toppled the minaret of an 18th-century Ottoman mosque and cracked the dock in the port of Kos, which has been shut down.
A puny tsunami sent fishing boats crashing into Kos harbour and bruised cars in the resort of Gumbet outside Bodrum.
Police said a 22-year-old Swede and a 39-year-old Turk died in a mediaeval-era area total of cafes and nightclubs in Kos. Another man from Sweden lost his lower gam, and doctors are fighting to save his other gam, officials said.
Another man from Norway was in critical condition with a head injury, they said.
About one hundred twenty people were hurt in Kos and almost three hundred sixty in Bodrum, many of them after hopping out of windows, officials and media reports said.
Ministers returning from a swift inspection of Kos insisted overall harm was minimal and Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras proclaimed the island was “coming back to normality”.
Tsipras’s office added in an statement that European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker had phoned him to suggest his condolences and support.
“Kos is safe, there is no substantial problem,” deputy shipping minister Nektarios Santorinios told journalists.
The injured were found on the street in the Kos club area, crushed either by the collapsed wall of a bar or by stones that fell from old houses nearby.
In Turkey, some of the injured had violated bones, Health Minister Ahmet Demircan said.
With Kos airport also temporarily shut for safety tests, hundreds had to queue as several early morning flights were cancelled or delayed.
The airport is now operating at utter capacity, German treating company Fraport said.
“There is no funk, those leaving are on scheduled flights,” an airport source told AFP.
“The airport is operational and the roads are in good form. there is no major harm to infrastructure or buildings,” said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos.
Kos attracts youthfull tourists and during peak season has a capacity of around 100,000 beds, a local police official said, adding that more than eighty five percent were presently booked.
Officials said a backup harbour for ferries would open in the western port town of Kefalos until the main port is cleared to operate.
Until then, ferry traffic is being rerouted to the neighbouring island of Kalymnos.
A ferry has also been sent to evacuate two hundred Turkish nationals from Kos.
The quake struck at 1:31 am Friday (2231 GMT Thursday) and was also felt on the Greek island of Rhodes.
An AFP journalist staying in Theologos, about thirty kilometres from Rhodes town, said the hotel “rocked like a boat and I thought it was going to collapse”.
“We were very astonished. We were frightened and we instantaneously went outside,” 38-year-old Teddy Dijoux, who was holidaying with his family, told AFP.
Reports said the state hospital in Bodrum was evacuated after cracks appeared, with some patients being examined in a garden outside.
The Adliye mosque in central Bodrum also suffered some harm.
“The fattest problem at the moment are electro-stimulation cuts in certain areas,” Bodrum mayor Mehmet Kocadon told Turkey’s NTV television.
He said harm was light and there were no reports of deaths.
Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and have regularly been hit by earthquakes in latest years.
This year alone, Turkey’s western Aegean coast was hit by several significant earthquakes.
In June, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake gutted a village on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing a woman and leaving more than fifteen injured.
Efthymios Lekkas, head of Greece’s quake protection authority, told state TV ERT that the Lesbos and Kos quakes had been caused by the same fault line.
On August 17, 1999, a big earthquake measuring more than 7.0 magnitude near the Turkish city of Izmit devastated vast areas in the densely populated northwest, notably around Istanbul, killing over 17,000 people.
Two killed in six
Two killed in 6.7-magnitude quake off Greece and Turkey resorts
At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos Friday when a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer resort holiday destinations of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey.
The epicentre of the quake was approximately Ten.Trio kilometres (6.Four miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, and 16.Two kilometres east of the island of Kos in Greece, the US Geological Survey said.
It had a depth of ten kilometres, USGS said.
Two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos, the ANA news agency reported. The quake caused injury and harm, the agency cited the island’s mayor as telling.
In the Turkish resort of Bodrum, television pictures demonstrated throngs of worried residents and holidaymakers in the streets.
“The largest problem at the moment are electrical play cuts in certain areas (of the city),” Bodrum mayor Mehmet Kocadon told NTV television.
“There is light harm and no reports that anyone has been killed” in the area.
The governor of the southern Mugla province — where Bodrum is located — said some people had been slightly injured after falling out of windows in scare.
The quake was also felt on the Datca peninsula — also a major resort area — as well as Turkey’s third city of Izmir on the Aegean to the north.
An AFP correspondent holidaying in Bodrum said the major earthquake had been followed by several aftershocks.
“The bed shook a lot. Some bottles fell and broke in the kitchen and the patio,” said Turkish pensioner Dilber Arikan who has a summer house in the area.
“I screamed I was very frightened because I was alone.”
The quake was also felt by holidaymakers on the Greek island of Rhodes.
“We were very astonished. We were panicked and we instantly went outside,” Teddy Dijoux, who was holidaying with his family at a Rhodes resort, told AFP.
“That lasted a long time. I quickly gathered up my children to leave the hotel,” said holidaymaker Sylvie Jannot.
Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and have regularly been hit by earthquakes in latest years.
This year alone, Turkey’s western Aegean coast was hit by several significant earthquakes, which brought back memories of past deadly earthquakes.
In June, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake gutted a village on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing a woman and leaving more than fifteen injured. The quake also caused funk on Turkey’s Aegean coast.
On August 17, 1999, a large earthquake measuring more than 7.0 magnitude near the city of Izmit devastated vast areas in the country’s densely populated northwestern zone, notably around Istanbul, killing over 17,000 people.
Two killed in six
Two killed in 6.7-magnitude quake off Greece and Turkey resorts
At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos Friday when a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer resort holiday destinations of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey.
The epicentre of the quake was approximately Ten.Three kilometres (6.Four miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, and 16.Two kilometres east of the island of Kos in Greece, the US Geological Survey said.
It had a depth of ten kilometres, USGS said.
Two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos, the ANA news agency reported. The quake caused injury and harm, the agency cited the island’s mayor as telling.
In the Turkish resort of Bodrum, television pictures displayed throngs of worried residents and holidaymakers in the streets.
“The thickest problem at the moment are electro-therapy cuts in certain areas (of the city),” Bodrum mayor Mehmet Kocadon told NTV television.
“There is light harm and no reports that anyone has been killed” in the area.
The governor of the southern Mugla province — where Bodrum is located — said some people had been slightly injured after falling out of windows in fright.
The quake was also felt on the Datca peninsula — also a major resort area — as well as Turkey’s third city of Izmir on the Aegean to the north.
An AFP correspondent holidaying in Bodrum said the major earthquake had been followed by several aftershocks.
“The bed shook a lot. Some bottles fell and broke in the kitchen and the patio,” said Turkish pensioner Dilber Arikan who has a summer house in the area.
“I screamed I was very frightened because I was alone.”
The quake was also felt by holidaymakers on the Greek island of Rhodes.
“We were very astonished. We were frightened and we instantaneously went outside,” Teddy Dijoux, who was holidaying with his family at a Rhodes resort, told AFP.
“That lasted a long time. I quickly gathered up my children to leave the hotel,” said holidaymaker Sylvie Jannot.
Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and have regularly been hit by earthquakes in latest years.
This year alone, Turkey’s western Aegean coast was hit by several significant earthquakes, which brought back memories of past deadly earthquakes.
In June, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake gutted a village on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing a woman and leaving more than fifteen injured. The quake also caused funk on Turkey’s Aegean coast.
On August 17, 1999, a meaty earthquake measuring more than 7.0 magnitude near the city of Izmit devastated vast areas in the country’s densely populated northwestern zone, notably around Istanbul, killing over 17,000 people.
Two killed in six
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At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos Friday when a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer resort holiday destinations of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey.
The epicentre of the quake was approximately Ten.Trio kilometres (6.Four miles) south of the major Turkish resort of Bodrum, a magnet for holidaymakers in the summer, and 16.Two kilometres east of the island of Kos in Greece, the US Geological Survey said.
It had a depth of ten kilometres, USGS said.
Two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos, the ANA news agency reported. The quake caused injury and harm, the agency cited the island’s mayor as telling.
In the Turkish resort of Bodrum, television pictures displayed throngs of worried residents and holidaymakers in the streets.
“The fattest problem at the moment are electric current cuts in certain areas (of the city),” Bodrum mayor Mehmet Kocadon told NTV television.
“There is light harm and no reports that anyone has been killed” in the area.
The governor of the southern Mugla province — where Bodrum is located — said some people had been slightly injured after falling out of windows in funk.
The quake was also felt on the Datca peninsula — also a major resort area — as well as Turkey’s third city of Izmir on the Aegean to the north.
An AFP correspondent holidaying in Bodrum said the major earthquake had been followed by several aftershocks.
“The bed shook a lot. Some bottles fell and broke in the kitchen and the patio,” said Turkish pensioner Dilber Arikan who has a summer house in the area.
“I screamed I was very funked because I was alone.”
The quake was also felt by holidaymakers on the Greek island of Rhodes.
“We were very astonished. We were startled and we instantaneously went outside,” Teddy Dijoux, who was holidaying with his family at a Rhodes resort, told AFP.
“That lasted a long time. I quickly gathered up my children to leave the hotel,” said holidaymaker Sylvie Jannot.
Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and have regularly been hit by earthquakes in latest years.
This year alone, Turkey’s western Aegean coast was hit by several significant earthquakes, which brought back memories of past deadly earthquakes.
In June, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake gutted a village on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing a woman and leaving more than fifteen injured. The quake also caused scare on Turkey’s Aegean coast.
On August 17, 1999, a massive earthquake measuring more than 7.0 magnitude near the city of Izmit devastated vast areas in the country’s densely populated northwestern zone, notably around Istanbul, killing over 17,000 people.