ISTANBUL/ATHENS — Two people were killed and 100 injured early Friday on the Greek island of Kos after an earthquake of magnitude 6.7 hit the region, a local mayor said. The quake struck near the Greek Dodecanese islands and the southwest Turkish coastal city of Bodrum at 1:31 a.m. (2231 GMT), at a depth of 10 kilometers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Flooding was also reported in Bodrum, while Turkish television showed footage of panicked people running into the streets. Most European earthquakes affect Greece, the southern and western Balkans, western Turkey and Italy. In mid-June, the Greek islands of Lesbos and Chios and western Turkey were hit by an earthquake, which killed one person on Lesbos and damaged dozens of houses.

Source: The China Post July 21, 2017 04:52 UTC