8 hours agoPowerful quake in Turkey
Periskopi(6 years ago)
(6 years ago)A 5.4 earthquake, according to Riterri, hit southeastern Turkey today, in which five people were injured and several houses were damaged. The quake occurred about 1: 00 p.m. local time in the town of Ozalp, in the province of Van, near the Turkish border with Iran, at a depth of 6.9 km, Turkey's authorities announced, under which they tremble [...]
The quake occurred at about 1: 00 p.m. local time in the town of Ozalp, in the province of Van, near the Turkish border with Iran, at a depth of 6.9km, Turkey's authorities announced, which the earth trembled in neighbouring provinces also broadcast HaberTurk News.
Vani province Governor Mehmet Emin Bilmez said the earthquake caused moderate “damage” or strong “at houses in about 15 settlements in Ozalpa, as well as in many nearby villages.
Five people were admitted to the hospital with minor injuries they received during their escape from damaged homes, the governor said.
No citizen was trapped under the ruins,” he said.
Turkey is in an earthquake area, so earthquakes are frequent, and the strongest occurred in 1999, in the northwest of the country, where some 18,000 people died.
