A powerful earthquake of magnitude 6.7 struck off the southwestern Aegean Turkish coast on Friday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said. The quake, which struck at 1.31am, was located off the southwestern coastal city of Marmaris in the Mugla province, the USGS said. It was close to the Turkish towns of Bodrum and Datca, both major tourist hubs, and the Greek island of Kops in the Dodecanese Islands archipelago. Esengul Civelek, the governor of Mugla, said initial reports showed there was no...
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