9 Dead in Turkey After Quake Hits Rural Iran Border Region

9 Dead in Turkey After Quake Hits Rural Iran Border Region
A man carries a wounded boy to an ambulance after an earthquake hit villages in Baskale town in Van province, Turkey, at the border with Iran, on Feb. 23, 2020. IHA via AP
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ISTANBUL—Nine people died and hundreds of buildings collapsed in southeastern Turkey on Feb. 23 after a magnitude-5.7 earthquake struck near the border with Iran, injuring dozens in villages and towns in both countries, government officials said.

The quake was centered west of the Iranian city of Khoy and affected villages in the Turkish province of Van.