Nine people were killed and more than a hundred injured when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the southeastern Turkey near the border with Iran
ISTANBUL - Nine people were killed and buildings collapsed across southeastern Turkey on Sunday when a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran, injuring more than a hundred in villages and towns in both countries, government officials said.
The quake damaged buildings some 90 km to the west in the Turkish city of Van, and to the east in dozens of villages in Iran, where state TV said 75 people were injured including six in hospital. After the initial tremor, Turkish TV footage showed people digging with shovels and their hands in the rubble, as well as furniture and belongings strewn on cracked and snowy roads.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake, which hit at 8:53 a.m. , had a depth of 5 km . The second big quake struck at 7:00 p.m. The U.S. Geological Survey put the epicenter 47 km west of the Iranian city of Khoy, where people felt the effects, according to state TV.
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