Multiple fatalities reported after buildings collapse in populous city of İzmir and surrounding areas

At least four people have been killed and 120 injured after a strong earthquake in the Aegean Sea toppled buildings in the Turkish city of İzmir and caused damaged in several Greek islands.

Turkey disaster management authority said four people had died after the quake, measuring about 7.0 in magnitude, struck at 14.51pm local time on Friday. One of the dead had drowned, the authority said.

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