Earthquake in Aegean Sea Kills 2 Tourists
By NIKI KITSANTONISJULY 21, 2017
ATHENS — A powerful earthquake in the Aegean Sea killed two tourists on the Greek island of Kos early Friday
and injured dozens of other people, several seriously, the Greek police said.
Two men — a 22-year-old Swede and a 39-year-old Turk — died when the White Corner, a bar in which they had been drinking in
the old town, partially collapsed, according to Petros Vasilakis, a Greek police spokesman for the southern Aegean region.
Turkish television images, replayed on Greek channels, showed damage to roads and people waiting on the streets on the Turkish side, while reports indicated
that a small number of people there had suffered minor injuries.
In comments to the Greek television channel Skai, Mr. Santorinios said residential areas had
largely been unaffected by the quake, with damage concentrated in and around the old town.
The extent of the damage caused by the earthquake was unclear, but it did not appear to have leveled as many buildings as a similarly strong temblor
that hit the island of Lesbos, in the northern Aegean, last month.
The quake also caused scores of injuries and property damage, including flooding, in the Turkish resort city of Bodrum.