6.0 earthquake hits eastern Turkey, kills 57 (AP)

Courtesy Ytop stories  Mon, 03/08/2010 - 4:53am

Rescue workers and people remove rubble from a destroyed house in Okcular village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Monday, March 8, 2010, hours after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey early Monday.<br /><br />The temblor struck six villages in Elazig province, toppling stone or mud-brick homes and minarets of mosques.<br /><br />(AP Photo/ Omer Fansa, Anatolia)AP - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey on Monday, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said.




 

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