One person died and 29 more people were hurt after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in western Türkiye, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, APA reports citing TRT Haber.
"A 81-year-old man died and 29 people were hurt as a result of the earthquake. Sixteen houses were destroyed," he told the TRT Haber television channel.
***22:51
Five of the six people trapped under the rubble of a collapsed building following an earthquake in the Sındırgı district of Türkiye’s Balıkesir province have been rescued, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said, APA reports.
Yerlikaya said that search and rescue operations are continuing for the remaining person trapped under the debris.
22:07
As reported earlier, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the Sındırgı district of Balıkesir province in Türkiye, causing a building to collapse, APA reports.
Four people had initially been pulled from the rubble.
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