New earthquake hits Turkey’s disaster zone, killing one, trapping several
The new quake collapsed several buildings in a province that is among 11 Turkish provinces that were badly hit by the massive Feb. 6 earthquakes.
A new earthquake measuring 5.6 struck Turkey’s Malatya province on Monday at 12:04 p.m. local time, killing at least one person and injuring at least 69, Turkish officials said, merely three weeks after two massive earthquakes that hit 11 Turkish provinces including Malatya.
Turkey’s disaster management agency AFAD said nearly 30 buildings collapsed and that five people were rescued from under the rubble after the temblor that was centered in the southern Malatya town of Yesilyurt.
Yesilyurt Mayor Mehmet Cinar told Turkish media that at least five buildings collapsed in the town. Cinar said rescuers were trying to save a father and daughter who were trapped under the rubble of their house after they tried to get some of their belongings. HaberTurk TV later reported that both of them were rescued.
TV footage showed rescuers working on several collapsed buildings pulling out survivors who were trapped under the rubble. Some of the buildings collapsed on vehicles parked nearby.
