Rescuers raced to search through the rubble of several collapsed buildings after a major earthquake that killed at least six people in Turkey Friday
The quake was given a preliminary magnitude <a href="https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000c7y0/executive" target="_blank">rating of 7.0</a> by the U.S
local time and was centered in the Aegean Sea about 8.5 miles northeast of Neon Karlovasion
Six people were dead and more than <a href="https://www.afad.gov.tr/izmir-seferihisar-depremi-basin-duyurusu-3-30102020---1720" target="_blank">250 injured</a>
Turkey&#x27;s disaster agency said in a news release
Search and rescue efforts were ongoing in 12 buildings in Izmir
The agency said there had been at least 84 aftershocks
A government official said <a href="https://twitter.com/anadoluagency/status/1322181447948640263" target="_blank">70 people </a>had been pulled from debris
Residents were warned not to enter damaged buildings
and to stay off roads so that emergency crews and rescue personnel could quickly access affected areas
Video posted on Twitter showed people climbing on the rubble
Another video showed clouds of dust rising into the air across Izmir
Local news said there were <a href="https://twitter.com/AntennaNews/status/1322149176189329413" target="_blank">reports</a> of large waves on Samos
and residents of Samos were urged to stay away from the coastline
A video posted to Twitter showed water rushing through streets
A translation of the description reads: &quot;After the earthquake in Seferihisar
emergency personnel and volunteers were sent to Izmir
as well as more than 900 tents to be used as temporary shelter
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The quake was given a preliminary magnitude <a href=\\\"https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000c7y0/executive\\\">rating of 7.0</a> by the U.S
Six people were dead and more than <a href=\\\"https://www.afad.gov.tr/izmir-seferihisar-depremi-basin-duyurusu-3-30102020---1720\\\">250 injured</a>
Turkey's disaster agency said in a news release
A government official said <a href=\\\"https://twitter.com/anadoluagency/status/1322181447948640263\\\">70 people </a>had been pulled from debris
Local news said there were <a href=\\\"https://twitter.com/AntennaNews/status/1322149176189329413\\\">reports</a> of large waves on Samos
A translation of the description reads: \\\"After the earthquake in Seferihisar
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