EASTERN TURKEY HIT WITH MAGNITUDE 6 EARTHQUAKE
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by admin
By Aton Edwards, I.P.N. Executive Director
At 02:32 GMT on Monday Eastern Turkey was hit with a magnitude 6.0 earthquake that has killed eight people (four children) in tthe village of Okcular in the Elazig province near the town of Karakocan. A number of injured were taken to area hospitals for medical treatment.
The Elazig governor, Muammer Erol spoke to representatives of the Anatolia news agency to inform them that a home was buried underneath rubble after the quake ended. In another nearby village, two children are trapped underneath rubble.
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