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2020 Aegean Sea earthquake

An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the large Turkish city İzmir, 70 km (43 mi) northeast that was heavily affected—more than 700 residential and commercial structures were seriously damaged or destroyed.

2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
2020 Aegean Sea earthquake · Oğulcan Bakiler (VOA), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
30 Oct 2020
Where
Aegean Sea
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Turkey1,258 BCE – todayGreece776 BCE – today

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