Six dead, buildings collapse as major quake hits Turkey, Greece

People look for survivors at a collapsed house in an earthquake-hit area of Izmir after major 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast.ISTANBUL - A powerful earthquake hit Turkey and Greece on Friday, killing at least six people, levelling buildings and creating a sea surge that flooded streets near the Turkish resort city of Izmir.

The US Geological Survey said the 7.0 magnitude quake was registered 14 kilometres off the Greek town of Karlovasi on Samos. Images from the popular vacation destination showed collapsed apartment buildings and dazed people trying to make their way through rubble piled high on the streets. "The walls of some houses have crumbled and several buildings are damaged," the island's deputy mayor Michalis Mitsios was quoted as saying by public broadcaster ERT.

That quake must stay there and not come to SA we have our own ANC killing us😁

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