Turkey Earthquake News: Strong tremors of 5.6 magnitude earthquake were felt in the south eastern part of Turkey on Monday. Due to which 29 buildings were destroyed. According to the Reuters report, one person died in this strong earthquake, while 69 others were injured.
Ankara: A 5.6-magnitude earthquake once again shakes the southeastern part of Turkey on Monday, causing 29 buildings to raze to the ground. An officer gave this information. According to the reports, one person dies in this strong earthquake, while 69 others were injured. The country’s disaster management agency said that the rescue operation has started to save many people trapped in the debris.
The latest aftershock, with a magnitude of 5.6 and a depth of 6.15 kilometres, occurred three weeks after a catastrophic earthquake in Turkey and Syria that killed over 50,000 people.
Malatya province was the center
The new aftershock with a magnitude of 5.6 and a depth of 6.15 km came three weeks after a major earthquake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria. It is being told that the epicenter of this earthquake was concentrated in Yeşilert city of Malatya province. Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), told a news conference that search and rescue teams had been deployed to five buildings.
Meanwhile, live footage from CNN Turk showed rescuers pulling a man tied to a stretcher alive from the rubble of a building in Malatya province. After some time, a woman was shown coming out of the same building after being saved, who is said to be the daughter of that person.
45 Aftershocks have come so far
On the other hand, AFAD’s general director of earthquakes and risk reduction, Orhan Tatar, said that in the past three weeks there have been four fresh earthquakes in the region, as well as 45 aftershocks with a magnitude between five and six. Yesilert’s mayor, Mehmet Sinar, told Haberturk Television that some buildings in the town had collapsed due to the quake. Malatya was among the 11 provinces of Turkey that were badly affected by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake.
