Bishkek, Jan.27, 2020. /Kabar/. A powerful earthquake in Elazig and Malatya Provinces of Turkey killed 31 people and injured 1,466.
According to the operative data of the Kyrgyz Embassy, there are no Kyrgyz citizens among the dead and injured, Kabar Agency has learnt from the press service of the Foreign Ministry of Kyrgyzstan.
The 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook the eastern Turkish province of Elazig with a population of about 400,000 people at 20:55 local time (the same as the Moscow time) late Friday.
The epicenter of the tremor that also affected the neighboring province of Malatya was located at a depth of 10 km. The aftershocks were felt in many regions of the country and also in Israel, Iraq and Syria, according to the data reported by Turkey’s Disaster relief agency.
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