Quake Strikes In Turkey’s Bodrum

Thirty-three houses were damaged in Yaliciftlik village of Bodrum, officials said, after a powerful earthquake killed two people and injured scores when it struck near major Turkish and Greek tourist destinations in the Agean Sea.

Turkey’s disaster and emergency management authority, AFAD, said the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.3, with its epicenter 11 km (7 miles) from the nearest settlement, the village of Camlik. Other reports put the quake magnitude at 6.7.

About 80 people were treated in hospital in Bodrum after the tremor, which struck at 1:31 a.m. (2231 GMT). Turkey’s location between the Arabian tectonic plate and the Eurasian plate renders it prone to earthquakes.

UCJ, UNILORIN.