Turkey’s Kandilli Observatory estimates that some 1,000 people were killed in a powerful earthquake in southeast Turkey’s Van province on Sunday.
Separately, Deputy Prime Minister Besir Atalay told reporters some 10
buildings had collapsed in Van city and around 25-30 buildings
collapsed in the nearby district of Ercis.
The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.2 struck eastern Turkey
Sunday, collapsing buildings and causing a number of deaths, officials
said.
The Red Crescent says its rescuers have pulled out several injured people out of the collapsed dormitory in Ercis.
The U.S. Geological Survey says its preliminary measurements say an
earthquake that has struck eastern Turkey was of magnitude 7.3.
Its epicenter was in the village of Tabanli in eastern Van province, bordering Iran SANA
