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At least 18 buildings collapse in quake in eastern Turkey
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November 10, 2011, Thursday
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AT least 18 buildings, including two hotels, collapsed in the province of Van in eastern Turkey after a 5.6-magnitude quake struck Van last night, Turkish private NTV news channel reported.
The report said that many people were trapped under the buildings and rescue workers could be seen searching through the rubble.
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Van province on Wednesday at about 21: 23 local time (1923 GMT), said Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.
The institute said that the quake hit Edremit town of Van province.
Six-storied Bayram Hotel collapsed in the quake in Marsal Fevzi Cakmak Street in the center of Van city, said NTV news channel, adding that 11 people have been pulled out of the rubble.
Search and rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the Bayram Hotel after the building collapsed in the quake.
Journalists and officials from the Turkish Red Crescent (Kzlay) were reportedly staying in the collapsed hotel. There was no immediate information about casualties.
Early yesterday, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kaustuk village of Adilcevaz town of Bitlis province in eastern Turkey, said the institute on its website.
On October 23, a 7.2-magnitude quake shook eastern province of Van, killing 605 people and injuring 4,152 others while 188 people were pulled out alive from the rubble.
On August 17, 1999, two powerful earthquakes, measuring 6.7 and 7.4 on the Richter scale respectively, jolted northwestern and western Turkey, killing about 18,000 people and affecting hundreds of thousands of others.
The report said that many people were trapped under the buildings and rescue workers could be seen searching through the rubble.
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted Van province on Wednesday at about 21: 23 local time (1923 GMT), said Turkey's Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute.
The institute said that the quake hit Edremit town of Van province.
Six-storied Bayram Hotel collapsed in the quake in Marsal Fevzi Cakmak Street in the center of Van city, said NTV news channel, adding that 11 people have been pulled out of the rubble.
Search and rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the Bayram Hotel after the building collapsed in the quake.
Journalists and officials from the Turkish Red Crescent (Kzlay) were reportedly staying in the collapsed hotel. There was no immediate information about casualties.
Early yesterday, an earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale shook the Kaustuk village of Adilcevaz town of Bitlis province in eastern Turkey, said the institute on its website.
On October 23, a 7.2-magnitude quake shook eastern province of Van, killing 605 people and injuring 4,152 others while 188 people were pulled out alive from the rubble.
On August 17, 1999, two powerful earthquakes, measuring 6.7 and 7.4 on the Richter scale respectively, jolted northwestern and western Turkey, killing about 18,000 people and affecting hundreds of thousands of others.
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