At least 20 people lost their lives and more than 1.000 were injured in the earthquake that hit eastern Turkey last night, and rescue teams are still searching for survivors in the ruins.
At least 30 people were buried after last night's earthquake.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6,8 on the Richter scale hit the eastern part of Turkey at 20.55:5,4 local time, followed by two smaller earthquakes of magnitude 5,1 and XNUMX.
The earthquake occurred at a depth of 6,7 kilometers near the town of Sivridje in the eastern province of Elazig.
Turkey is located on shaky ground and the country is often hit by earthquakes.
In the 7,4 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey in 1999, 17.000 people died, of which around 1.000 were in Istanbul.
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