Strong earthquake hits eastern Turkey, 57 killed
A pre-dawn strong earthquake struck eastern Turkey killing 57 people on Monday. According to officials 71 others were injured when the magnitude-5.8 earthquake at 4:32am. 100 people were also injured in the quake, which struck in Elazig province.
ON MONDAY (March 8), a pre-dawn strong earthquake struck eastern Turkeykilling 57 people. According to officials 71 others were injured when the magnitude-5.8 earthquake at 4:32am. "The village is totally flattened," Okcular's administrator Hasan Demirdag, told to private NTV television. Ali Riza Ferhat, an Okcular resident, said he was woken by the jolt. People are being rescued from the debris by the emergency workers and the injured are being rushed to the hospitals. Tents and blankets and all other possible help are being provided by Turkey's Red Crescent organisation to the region. United States Geological Survey stated that about five hours later, a magnitude-5.5 aftershock shook the region that followed at least 40 other aftershocks up to 4.4 magnitude.
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