Earthquake in Greece and Turkey

A strong earthquake shook the southwestern region of Turkey and a Greek island yesterday.

>>>Italy shook again because of the earthquake

Greek island of Rhodes in the Aegean Sea. (Photo: NASA)

The Athens Institute of Geophysics in Greece announced that the magnitude 5.8 earthquake occurred yesterday at 1244 GMT. Its epicenter was under the Aegean Sea and about 37 km from the sea floor. The seismic earth shook the southwestern region of Turkey and the Greek island of Rhodes, the AP reported.

Turkey's Kandilli Observatory said the earthquake rocked some cities in Turkey. Two aftershocks, with a magnitude of 4.9 and 4.7 on the Richter scale, appeared after the earthquake.

The epicenter of the earthquake lies in the Aegean Sea. (Graphics: britannica.com)

Police on Rhodes Island said they had not received information about human and property damage. Officials in Turkey said more than a dozen people in the country were injured by jumping out of buildings when an earthquake struck.

The Greek island of Rhodes and the southwestern region of Turkey are located in an area with an unstable geological structure, so they often suffer from earthquakes.