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Death toll in Turkey quake exceeded 200, over 1000 injured

Death toll in Turkey quake exceeded 200, over 1000 injured
# 24 October 2011 07:43 (UTC +04:00)
The Minister said 100 died in Van, 117 in Ercis. The death toll is expected to rise.

According to the Turkish Red Crescent Society, some 80 buildings collapsed in Ercis, 10 in Van.

150 prisoners fled from the collapsed jail. 50 of them soon returned.

7.2-magnitude quake hit Van city on October 23. Earthquake shocks were felt in Diyarbakir, Batman, Sirnak, Mus, Erzurum, Bitlis, Bingol, Siirt and Mardin.

According to the Seismological Service Center of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, the quake was felt in Sederek, Sherur, Babek regions of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan Republic, as well as in Nakhchivan city at 3.5 magnitudes. No destructions were reported in the territory of Azerbaijan.
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