a major earthquake has struck off the
coast of turkey north of the greek
island of samos at least 19 people
are dead and more than 700 were injured
when buildings collapsed in the turkish
city of izmir
and the quake was felt from athens to
istanbul from where allah gearing
reports
amateur video captured the awful power
of the quake
this multi-story building disintegrated
into dust
i saw people crying trying to reach
out to their loved ones everyone was
shocked and it was a
very chaotic moment
about 20 buildings were brought down
the quake was felt as far away as
istanbul
and athens turkey is criss-crossed by
active
fault lines the danger always lying
beneath
rescuers picked their way carefully
through the rubble
here finding a survivor and gently
cradling his head the man was brought
out alive
like dozens of others and for some
emotional reunions social distancing
swept away by the chaos and the relief
izmir bore the brunt of this earthquake
but two teenagers died in the greek
islands
and in the midst of loss there's been a
rare display of solidarity
between two nations that are deeply
divided
turkey's president regime tayyip erdogan
thanked greece
for offering its help and said turkey
was standing with its neighbor
in difficult times
this is a glimpse of one mother's terror
today
selan attesh sprints to the next room
for her only child
18 month old ilhan asleep in his cot
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she gets in her way to safety
but danger also came surging from the
aegean
sea levels rising because of a mini
tsunami
and there have been about a hundred
aftershocks
tonight the rescue effort is continuing
searching for life
under layers of crushed concrete in
turkey there is grief
and shock and the knowing fear of when
the next big one
is coming orla giron bbc news
istanbul