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Izmir earthquake: Turkish rescuers make a final search
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- 04 November, 2020
- 08:08
On the sixth day after the earthquake, search and rescue operations ended in the province of Izmir in Western Turkey, Report says, citing Turkish newspaper Sabah.
According to the publication, the search has stopped at 17 destroyed houses, and the equipment will begin to analyze the wreckage soon.
On October 30, an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 occurred in the Aegean sea. The epicenter was 34 km from Turkish Izmir and 14 km from Neon Karlovasi, Greece.
Forty-one buildings were destroyed and seriously damaged in Izmir, killing 114 people. The earthquake caused a small tsunami. The tremors were felt in other Turkish cities, in particular, in Istanbul.
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