Strong earthquake shakes eastern Turkey

A strong earthquake shook eastern Turkey today, damaging buildings and injuring five people, two days after another quake in the region.

Strong earthquake shakes eastern Turkey

A strong earthquake shook eastern Turkey today, damaging buildings and injuring five people, two days after another quake in the region.

The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9, centred on rural Bingol province at 3.55am (1.35am Irish Time), and toppled several buildings that had been badly damaged in Saturday’s magnitude 5.7 temblor, NTV television reported.

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