The 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake which struck on Friday, 30 October 2020, about 14 km (8.7 mi) northeast of the island of Samos, Greece.[1][2] In Samos, buildings were damaged and the Church of the Virgin Mary in Karlovasi partially collapsed.[3] Numerous buildings were reported to collapse in Bayraklı, İzmir.[4] Posts on social media shows people walking through rubbles of collapsed buildings.[5]