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Earthquake Kills Woman, Damages Buildings On Greek Island

npr 12 June 2017 Greece Lesvos

A powerful earthquake Monday afternoon killed a woman and damaged buildings on the Greek island of Lesbos, according to the mayor.

The earthquake, magnitude 6.3, was centered south of Lesbos in the Mediterranean Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Shaking was also detected in nearby Turkey and on the Greek mainland.

"Most of the houses in the village of Vrissa ... have been badly damaged by the earthquake," Lesbos Mayor Spyros Galinos wrote. According to the BBC, he told local media that it looked like the village had been "flattened by bombs."