Turkey: 9 dead and many
injured in quake
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| A quake-struck family in Baskale on the border between Iran and Turkey (AFP) |
A 5.7 magnitude earthquake hits Turkey resulting in multiple
deaths and damage to property.
By Nathan Morley
According to Turkish authorities at least nine people were
killed and more than 30 others injured after a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck
Western Iran on Sunday morning.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported
several severe aftershocks which measured up to 3.9.
The quake was centered on the Iranian city of Khoy and
affected villages in the Turkish province of Van.
Many people remain trapped under the debris of fallen
buildings. Turkish health Minister said nine people had died and at least 37
others were injured with nine currently in critical condition.
INRA - the Iranian news agency said the earthquake had
damaged homes and other buildings in 43 villages in the mountainous Qotour area.
A spokesman for Iran’s Emergency Organization said 25% - 90%
of 25 villages were destroyed. That’s according to the Iranian Students news
agency.
NTV – a local station showed images of residents and
soldiers digging through the rubble of collapsed buildings as families fearing
further tremors sat in snowy streets.
The region has a history of powerful earthquakes. Just last
month, a quake centered in the Eastern Turkish area Elâzığ killed more than 40
people.
In 1999, around 17,000 people died in an earthquake in
Western Turkey and Iran’s deadliest earthquake was back in 1990 when 40,000
people died and half a million people were left homeless.
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