New Türkiye quake kills one, 110 injured as buildings collapse
A magnitude-5.6 earthquake shook south-east Türkiye on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said.
Key points:
- The magnitude-5.6 quake struck at a depth of 5 kilometres
- Two people were believed to be trapped in the rubble of a building
- The quake was centred around the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province
The quake with a 6.15 kilometre depth was centred in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province, Yunus Sezer, the chief of the country’s disaster management agency, AFAD, told reporters
A father and daughter who were trapped beneath the rubble of a four-story building in Yesilyurt were rescued with injuries.
The pair had entered the damaged building to collect belongings.
Elsewhere in Malatya, search-and-rescue teams were sifting through the rubble of two damaged buildings that toppled on top of some parked cars, trapping three people, HaberTurk reported.
Mr Sezer told a news conference that search and rescue teams had been deployed to five buildings.
There have been four fresh earthquakes in the region in the past three weeks, as well as 45 aftershocks with magnitudes between five and six, said AFAD’s general director of earthquake and risk reduction Orhan Tatar.
“This is very extraordinary activity,” Mr Tatar said.
Malatya was among 11 Turkish provinces hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated parts of southern Türkiye and northern Syria on February 6.
That quake led to more than 48,000 deaths in both countries as well as the collapse or serious damage of 173,000 buildings in Türkiye.
AFAD said that close to 10,000 aftershocks have hit the region affected by the quake since February 6.
AP/Reuters
