Powerful Quake Reduces Buildings to Rubble on Greek Island Lesbos

A powerful earthquake rocked the Greek island of Lesbos on Monday afternoon, June 12, destroying buildings and causing a landslide, according to Greek reports.

The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.3-magnitude earthquake off Turkey’s Aegean coast near Lesbos, with tremors felt in Istanbul and Athens.

A resident filmed rubble-filled streets in the village of Vrissa, where some of the worst destruction occurred.