{"id":1900,"date":"2020-10-31T08:23:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-31T02:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2020-11-04T19:44:04","modified_gmt":"2020-11-04T13:59:04","slug":"strong-earthquake-kills-19-people-in-turkey-and-greek-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesasian.com\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"Strong earthquake kills 19 people in Turkey and Greek islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IZMIR, Turkey. Nineteen people were killed in Turkey and Greece after a strong earthquake struck the Aegean Sea on Friday, bringing buildings crashing down and setting off tidal waves which slammed into coastal areas and islands.<\/p>\n<p>People ran onto streets in panic in the Turkish city of Izmir, witnesses said, after the quake struck with a magnitude of up to 7.0. Neighbourhoods were deluged with surging seawater which swept debris inland and left fish stranded as it receded.<\/p>\n<p>Turkey\u2019s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said 17 people died, one due to drowning, while 709 people were injured. On the Greek island of Samos two teenagers, a boy and a girl, were found dead in an area where a wall had collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>Search and rescue operations continued at 17 collapsed or damaged buildings in Izmir, AFAD said. Authorities were setting up tents with a total capacity of 2,000 people near areas with the highest damage, Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum said.<\/p>\n<p>Ilke Cide, a doctoral student who was in Izmir\u2019s Guzelbahce region during the earthquake, said he went inland after waters rose following the earthquake. &#8211; Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IZMIR, Turkey. 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