At least 24 people were killed and over 150 other injured when an strong earthquake of magnitude of up to 7.0 struck the Aegean Sea region of Turkey on Friday.
The tremors sent buildings crashing down and triggered what authorities have called a “mini tsunami.”
TV footage showed water flooding through the streets in parts of Turkey’s wider Izmir province
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency put the magnitude of the earthquake at 6.6.
People flooded to the streets in the coastal city of Izmir after the earthquake. Several other people also trapped in the debris.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said six buildings had collapsed in two districts of the coastal city of Izmir.
The earthquake jolts also felt in Greece.
