Buildings collapse after earthquake in Turkey

A powerful earthquake has collapsed some buildings in the centre of eastern Turkish city of Van, according to the country’s state-run news agency.

The Anatolia news agency said rescue workers are trying to reach people believed to be trapped under the wreckage of a seven-story building in Van, close to the Iranian border.

The earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.3 struck eastern Turkey on today, the US Geological Survey said.

Turkey’s Kandilli observatory gave it a preliminary magnitude of 6.6.