Substantial damage by earthquakes in western Turkey

istanbul - Through a series of minor earthquakes beneath the Aegean Sea are hundreds of homes damaged on the west coast of Turkey, more than two hundred buildings even very heavy in the Canakkale province. That the channel CNN Türk reported Tuesday.

The tremors began Monday and reached values ​​of up to 5.4. Several people were slightly injured. For the care of residents sent the Turkish emergency service Monday for more than three hundred tents.

The tremors were also felt on the Greek island of Lesbos. There they set up little damage.

In Turkey are more likely earthquakes. In 2011, therefore in the eastern province of Van were more than six hundred people dead. A strong earthquake near Istanbul claimed over 17 000 lives in 1999.