New Turkey Quake Kills 1 Person, Flattens More Buildings

New Turkey Quake Kills 1 Person, Flattens More Buildings
A map showing the location of a magnitude 5.6 earthquake that shook southeast Turkey, on Feb. 27, 2023. USGS/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
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OSMANIYE, Turkey—An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110, and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work to rescue several people believed trapped in rubble.

The latest aftershock, with a magnitude of 5.6 and depth of 6.15 km, hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.