1 dead in Turkey earthquake, dozens wounded
- 5.6 magnitude quake hit on Monday, killing 1 person and wounding many, with already-damaged buildings collapsing
- Epicentre was in area hit by February 6 earthquake that killed tens of thousands in Turkey, Syria; there have been thousands of aftershocks
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey on Monday, killing one person and wounding dozens of others while causing some damaged buildings to collapse, the government’s disaster agency said.
The epicentre of the tremor was the Yesilyurt district in the Malatya province, which was hit by the February 6 earthquake that killed over 44,000 people in Turkey and thousands more in neighbouring Syria.
“One citizen lost his life. Some 69 were injured,” Yunus Sezer, chairman of the AFAD disaster agency, said in televised comments.
AFAD tweeted that 29 buildings already damaged by the February 6 quake had collapsed.
“Our search and rescue teams were quickly dispatched to the region, and started to work,” it added.
The local mayor, Mehmet Cinar, said a father and his daughter were trapped after they entered a damaged building to get their belongings, Turkish media reported.
