41+ Izmir Turkey Earthquake Background. Turkey's interior minister süleyman soylu issued a twitter statement about the earthquake, claiming that at least six buildings had collapsed in izmir and reports of potential casualties were streaming in. Media captionpowerful earthquake destroys buildings and causes flooding on turkey's aegean a powerful earthquake has struck off turkey's aegean coast and north of the greek island of samos.
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Many buildings were severely damaged in in 1999, over 17,000 people were killed when a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the city of izmit outside. More than 17,000 people were killed in august 1999 when a 7.6 magnitude quake struck izmit, a city. A translation of one description reads:
More than 17,000 people were killed in august 1999 when a 7.6 magnitude quake struck izmit, a city.
A strong earthquake shook turkey and greece. In eastern elazig province, suleyman soylu, turkey's in western turkey in 1999, a 7.4 magnitude earthquake that struck the city of izmit killed more than 17. The earthquake struck just before 9 p.m. Turkish authorities said the quake was magnitude 6.6, and recorded 144 aftershocks in the country's aegean region.
