Buildings collapsed, people were buried, water burst its banks in a tsunami: at least eight people died and at least 202 were injured in a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea. After the violent tremors in the Aegean Sea, the number of deaths in western Turkey has risen to at least six. According to initial findings, another 202 people were injured, reported the Turkish disaster control agency Afad. On the Greek island of Samos, which was also badly affected, according to previous knowledge, two 17-year-olds died who were killed in a narrow alley by collapsing walls. Eight people are said to be injured. The European Union and NATO offered aid to the two countries; Greece also made an offer of help to Turkey, which was harder hit by the quake. The first quake had a magnitude of 6.6, according to the Turkish National Disaster Agency. The USGS, which is responsible for earthquakes, even stated the strength of the quake as 7. Buildings collapsed and people were buried in the Turkish province of Izmir. The governor of the province said in the afternoon that around 70 people had been rescued from the rubble and that more people were being searched for. The TRT station showed pictures of collapsed apartment buildings and clouds of dust over the city of Izmir. Panic was reported in the streets during the quake and telephone connections were down.

According to media reports, two 17-year-old students were killed on the Greek island of Samos on their way home. It was said that they were killed in a narrow alley by collapsing house walls. Eight injured people would also be treated at the island’s hospital. Both there and on the Turkish west coast, the water overflowed its banks in a tsunami after the quake, and there have been several aftershocks, some of them strong, since the main quake at noon, and the power went out. The European Union and NATO offered assistance to Turkey and Greece. “My thoughts are with everyone who is affected,” wrote EU Council President Charles Michel on Twitter. “The EU stands ready to provide support.” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also offered help. Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also pledged help in a phone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The center of the earthquake was in the Aegean Sea off the Turkish province of Izmir, around 16 kilometers north of the Greek island of Samos, reported Turkish and Greek media. According to various reports, the quake should have been felt in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul and as far as the Greek capital Athens.

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