{"id":674923,"date":"2020-01-25T03:52:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T00:52:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/tr\/content\/?p=674923"},"modified":"2020-01-25T03:52:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T00:52:37","slug":"earthquake-in-turkeys-eastern-elazig-province-kills-14-bloomberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2020\/01\/25\/earthquake-in-turkeys-eastern-elazig-province-kills-14-bloomberg\/","title":{"rendered":"Earthquake in Turkey&#8217;s Eastern Elazig Province Kills 14 &#8211; Bloomberg"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-01-24\/earthquake-in-turkey-s-eastern-elazig-province-kills-four-people?fbclid=IwAR0B0tB-wXK9OgPFxb1UxBupDXdm0cjeoUeYVIbxodrkjWEBT422gBVnQQs<\/p>\n<p>By<\/p>\n<p><em>Cagan Koc <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>and <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Robert Tuttle <\/em><\/p>\n<p>January 24, 2020, 3:18 PM EST Updated on January 24, 2020, 5:29 PM EST<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rescue teams sent to region after magnitude 6.8 quake<\/li>\n<li>Buildings were damaged, with dozens of people injured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image001-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-674924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/image001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image001-1-jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-674924\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Emergency personnel inspect the scene of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey on Jan. 24.<\/p>\n<p>Source: DHA\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Turkey\u2019s eastern Elazig province on Friday evening killed 14 people and injured more than 55, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing the country\u2019s emergency response agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSearch and rescue teams were sent to the region, and further information is yet to come,\u201d Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu was quoted by Anadolu as saying. He added that some buildings in the city center were damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake occurred at 8:55 p.m. local time at a depth of 6.75 kilometers, according to Anadolu. Many buildings were damaged or collapsed, and tremors were felt in cities across the region, Turkish TV outlets reported.<\/p>\n<p>The army is ready to help with the relief efforts, Anadolu said, citing Defense Minister Hulusi Akar. Turkey is situated in a seismically active area and is among countries including China and Iran that can experience the most catastrophic earthquakes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/faqs\/which-country-has-most-earthquakes?qt-news_science_products=0#qt-news_science_products\" title=\"Link\">according<\/a> to the U.S. Geological Survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-01-24\/earthquake-in-turkey-s-eastern-elazig-province-kills-four-people?fbclid=IwAR0B0tB-wXK9OgPFxb1UxBupDXdm0cjeoUeYVIbxodrkjWEBT422gBVnQQs By Cagan Koc and Robert Tuttle January 24, 2020, 3:18 PM EST Updated on January 24, 2020, 5:29 PM EST Rescue teams sent to region after magnitude 6.8 quake Buildings were damaged, with dozens of people injured Emergency personnel inspect the scene of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Elazig, Turkey on Jan. 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