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Strong earthquake shakes Turkish port
(AP)
Updated: 2005-10-21 11:17
A magnitude-5.9 earthquake shook the Aegean port city of Izmir early Friday
morning, sending panicked residents into the streets.
About 15 people were brought to hospitals with minor injuries or heart
attacks brought on by the quake, CNN-Turk reported.
Oguz Kagan Koksal, governor of Izmir province, said there were no immediate
reports of deaths. "Everyone is in the streets," Koksal said, according to the
Anatolia news agency. He said five buildings were damaged in Izmir, Turkey's
third largest city.
The quake was centered in Seferihisar, Turkey, the Istanbul-based Kandilli
Observatory said, but was felt in Istanbul and the Greek islands of Chios and
Mytilini near the Turkish coast. Seferihisar is 190 miles south of Istanbul.
Three quakes of similar magnitudes shook Izmir earlier this
week.
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