A woman died in the rubble and about 15 people were injured. The village Vrisa was evecuated due to damage.This is te same island that was tested to the limits when received waves upon waves of emigrants from Asia a few months ago.! Hard to believe but now they received this 6.5R earthquake!
A man walks past a damaged building at the village of Vrissa on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, after a strong earthquake shook the eastern Aegean, June 12, 2017. The epicentre of the 6.3 magnitude quake was 5km (3 miles) south of Plomari, a town on the coast of Lesbos, the US Geological Survey said. (Giorgos Moutafis / REUTERS)
A man walks past a damaged building at the village of Vrissa on the Greek island of Lesbos, Greece, after a strong earthquake shook the eastern Aegean, June 12, 2017. The epicentre of the 6.3 magnitude quake was 5km (3 miles) south of Plomari, a town on the coast of Lesbos, the US Geological Survey said. (Giorgos Moutafis / REUTERS)
People gather outside an office building following an earthquake in the coastal city of Izmir, Turkey. (Mehmet Ozdogru / AP)
Lesbos Mayor Spyros Galinos and the fire service
said the woman was found dead in the southern village of Vrisa that was
worst-hit by the quake, which had its epicentre under the sea. (Elias
Marcou / REUTERS)
According to Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency
Management, the epicentre was at a shallow depth of seven kilometres.
(Giorgos Moutafis / REUTERS)
A woman reacts as she stands on her balcony at the village of Plomari. (Elias Marcou / REUTERS)
The tremor was also felt in densely populated
Istanbul and the western Turkish province of Izmir, but no injuries were
reported there. (Elias Marcou / Reuters)
Rescue team members search for victims under a collapsed building. (Giorgos Moutafis / Reuters )
Rescue team members carry an elderly woman at Vrissa on the Greek island of Lesbos. (Giorgos Moutafis / REUTERS)
Turkey and Greece have experienced dozens of earthquakes in recent decades. (Giorgos Moutafis / REUTERS)
Collecting whats left from valuables.
Huge rocks have fallen
Increadible damage.
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