iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea overnight leveled buildings and injured hundreds of people in Greece and Turkey.
The 6.7 magnitude quake’s epicenter was just 6.4 miles from Turkey’s coastal city of Bodrum and 10.1 miles from the Greek island of Kos. The powerful seismic event occurred at a relatively shallow depth of about 6.2 miles below the water’s surface on Thursday night around 10:31 p.m. UTC, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Dramatic images from Greece and Turkey show the devastating aftermath of the earthquake:
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