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| -Signs, Portents, and the Weather- |
| Earthquake rattles Greece and Turkey; hundreds injured |
| 2014-05-25 |
| [CBC.CA] An earthquake beneath the sea shook northern Greece and western Turkey Saturday, with 266 people reportedly injured in Turkey. The quake struck at 12:25 p.m. local time southwest of the Greek island of Samothraki, 210 kilometres east of Thessaloniki and 296 kilometres northeast of the capital Athens. It was also close to the Turkish island of Gokceada and the Greek island of Lemnos. The quake caused 266 injuries in Turkey, including one person who was at death's door, according to the government's emergency and disaster management agency. The injuries were mostly the result of panic, caused as people tried to rush out of buildings. |
| Posted by:Fred |