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5.5-magnitude tremor strikes southwestern Turkey
5.5-magnitude tremor strikes southwestern Turkey
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey’s southwest on March 20, authorities have said. Click through for the story in photos...
In a written statement, the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the quake hit Denizli province at 9:34 a.m. (0634 GMT).
Its epicenter was in the province’s southern countryside in Acıpayam district, at a depth of 11.36 kilometers.
Denizli Governor Hasan Karahan said that according to initial examinations, three people were slightly injured.
The quake damaged some 50 buildings and knocked bricks and tiles to the ground in four neighborhoods, said officials.
“This is the biggest quake that I felt, I was outside but it was shaking so much,” a resident of the town of Acıpayam told reporters.
“I saw some roof tiles, bricks and solar water heaters fell from the roofs. There are some cracks in buildings," he said.
the president of the Turkish Red Crescent (“Kızılay” in Turkish), Kerem Kınık, said their organization had sent teams to Denizli following the quake.
The United States Geological Survey said the quake measured a magnitude of 5.7 while the European monitoring service measured it at 6.4.
Photos: İhlas News Agency
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