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malaise

(269,022 posts)
Fri Jan 24, 2020, 08:25 PM Jan 2020

There was a 6.8 quake in Eastern Turkey

with significant loss of life and lots of damage

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/24/multiple-fatalities-as-earthquake-hits-eastern-turkey
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The earthquake struck at 8.55pm local time near Sivrice in Elaziğ.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 has killed at least 18 people in eastern Turkey.

More than 500 have been left injured and several are trapped in the wreckage of toppled buildings. Rescue teams from neighbouring provinces were dispatched to the affected areas, working in the dark with floodlights, and defence minister Hulusi Akar said troops were on standby to help.

TV footage showed rescuers pull out one injured person from the rubble of a collapsed building in the eastern Elâzığ province. At least three people were believed to be trapped in a building in the area, where officials said four or five structures were toppled, including one at least four stories high.

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