What the records say
- When
- 30 Oct 2020
- Kind
- Tsunami
- Coordinates
- 37.90° N, 26.78° E
- Deaths
- 118
- Injuries
- 1054
- Damage musd
- 400
- Max water height m
- 5.3
- Source quake magnitude
- 7
- Runups
- 268
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
7.0 magnitude earthquake and tsunami affecting Turkey and Greece
An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 7.0 occurred on 30 October 2020 about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the Greek island of Samos. Although Samos was closest to the epicentre, it was the large Turkish city İzmir, 70 km (43 mi) northeast that was heavily affected—more than 700 residential and commercial structures were seriously damaged or destroyed.
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The source
- NCEI significant earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptionsNOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationPublic domainSource page
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