A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least six people, causing buildings to collapse and sending panicked residents rushing into the street. Rescue teams were being sent to the scene of the quake, which had its epicentre in the small lakeside town of
1 / 4The epicentre was in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in the eastern province of ElazigThe epicentre was in the small lakeside town of Sivrice in the eastern province of Elazig Istanbul - A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 hit eastern Turkey on Friday, killing at least six people, causing buildings to collapse and sending panicked residents rushing into the street.
"We are hoping we will not have more casualties," Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted as saying by the official Anadolu news agency. Sivrice -- a town with a population of about 4,000 people -- is situated south of Elazig city on the shores of Hazar lake -- one of the most popular tourist spots in the region and the source of the Tigris river.
"We have sent four teams to the quake region," Recep Salci of Turkey's Search and Rescue Association told AFP.Zekeriya Gunes, 68, a resident of Elazig city, said a building 200 metres down on his street had collapsed but he did not know whether it was inhabited.Ferda, 39, said she felt worried and desperate.
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