BODRUM, Turkey: At least two people were killed on the Greek island of Kos Friday when a magnitude 6.7 earthquake shook the popular summer resort holiday destinations of the Dodecanese Islands in Greece and the Aegean coast of Turkey. In the Turkish resort of Bodrum, television pictures showed throngs of worried residents and holidaymakers in the streets. Erdinc added: “Now we’re waiting for the aftershock quakes to end.”‘We were scared’The quake was also felt on the Greek island of Rhodes. Turkey and Greece sit on significant fault lines and have regularly been hit by earthquakes in recent years. In June, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake gutted a village on the Greek island of Lesbos, killing a woman and leaving more than 15 injured.

Source: Manila Times July 21, 2017 01:30 UTC