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First shock (17/10 05:45 GMT) location Aftershocks locations Moment tensors List of Aftershocks List of moment tensors Preliminary report on GULF of SIĞACIK (SEFERİHİSAR) earthquake activity (by Kekovalı, Berberoğlu, Guneş, Garip, Kalafat ; KOERI ; Istanbul)

17/10/2005 The first quake struck at 8.45am (05:45 GMT) on Monday 17/05/2005 and was centred in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Izmir. It caused minor damage but no injuries. The second quake, which struck at 12.45pm (09:45 GMT), caused further damage, smashing windows, witnesses said. The first earthquake collapsed the walls of some houses, shattered windows in the town of Urla, just west of Izmir, and caused cracks in some buildings in the town centre. Governor Oguz Kagan Koksal said there were no immediate reports of injuries and the authorities were evaluating the damage across the province. 20/10/2005 The third shock (Mw 5.9 20/10 21:40 GMT) has been felt in Athens and Istanbul but not in Thessaloniki. Links Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute Istanbul, Turkey Earthquake Research Department Ankara, Turkey National Observatory of Athens, Geodynamic Institute Athens, Greece Preliminary MT solutions from NOA (K. Konstantnou, N. Melis, G. Stavrakakis; NOA) Department of Geophysics, University of Thessaloniki Thessaloniki, Greece BBC News If you have felt this earthquake or if you have relevant information to share, please mail to mazet@emsc-csem.org These information will be compiled and accessible on this web site. EMSC home page