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Istanbul is the one everyone is fearing. Been a long time since a major quake |
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Originally Posted by: The Beast from the East  Istanbul is the one everyone is fearing. Been a long time since a major quake On a different fault line, the North Anatolian Fault (NAF) - on which the successive quakes have been moving steadily westwards, and, as you say, Istanbul is the next stop. Just hope the present quake doesn't tickle up the NAF. |
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Massive 7.7 earthquake this evening in the Caribbean just of the of Jamaica.
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Reports just come in of a richter scale 6.0 earthquake on Crete in the Eastern Meditarranean.   |
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Originally Posted by: Hungry Tiger  Reports just come in of a richter scale 6.0 earthquake on Crete in the Eastern Meditarranean.   Any links to that Gavin? Just wondering what part of the island has this affected - quite a nasty jolt and capable of causing quite a bit of damage and maybe some deaths as well ? John |
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Fairly big earthquake (7.4) has occurred in southern Mexico apparently but details are scant. |
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There has just been a magnitude 5.6 (IMO reported magnitude) quake in SW Iceland (about 25km S of Reykjavik). It is in an area that has been quite active this year and has several interlinked volcanic systems. At present I don’t know if it is tectonic or magmatic. USGS have revised it to magnitude 5.5. No current sign of any eruption. Edited by user 20 October 2020 14:42:09(UTC)
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Could be bad 
Quote:A powerful earthquake has struck off Turkey's Aegean coast, north of the Greek island of Samos, officials said. The 7.0 magnitude tremor, about 17km (11 miles) off the coast of western Izmir province, was felt as far away as Athens and Istanbul, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. There was no word on casualties but images from the Turkish city of Izmir showed buildings that had collapsed. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-54749509
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My brother is in Turkey and posted on our Whatsapp group that he’d just had an Earthquake and they’re still getting after shocks. |
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I stayed in a great hotel near Ozdere 9 years ago, which is south of Izmir and overlooking the bay where the epicentre was. I suspect it could have serious damage. It's also very close to Ephesus, hope that's not badly affected. Saw this on Twitter: SHOW TWEETS |
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Originally Posted by: Darren S   As soon as it started playing my immediate reaction was "don't go into that building to help anyone, it could collapse at any minute ...." |
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Sky say ‘Mini’ Tsunami. I hate that term. They didn’t look mini to me Sky need to understand the energy that’s needed to generate this and the mechanics involved |
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Originally Posted by: Darren S  I stayed in a great hotel near Ozdere 9 years ago, which is south of Izmir and overlooking the bay where the epicentre was. I suspect it could have serious damage. It's also very close to Ephesus, hope that's not badly affected. A few years ago we had a Natural History week on the island of Samos, which has also been affected by this earthquake. Their vital tourist economy will already have been upskittled by Covid-19 and they are a frequent landing place for migrants too. A 'quake could be a serious matter for them and there are low lying settlements near low beaches that would be vulnerable to a tsunami-like sea surge. Some details here: https://www.keeptalkinggreece.com/2020/10/30/earthquake-6-7-r-strikes-the-island-of-samos-tsunami-warning-live/ Roger |
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