Ankara, Europe Brief News – Turkey has been hit another powerful earthquake, leaving at least one dead and dozens injure.d
The earthquake is the third in just three weeks after twin earthquakes killed over 50,000 people.
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake hit the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province, Turkey’s disaster management agency said.
One person has reportedly died as a result of a factory collapsing in Kahramanmaras, while 69 are injured and an unknown number of buildings have collapsed.
A building collapsed in front of the Provincial Directorate of Environment, Agriculture and Climate Change and some vehicles were left under the rubble, according to reports.
A four-story building where a father and daughter were trapped is also reported to have collapsed.
Yesilyurt’s mayor, Mehmet Cinar said the pair had entered the building to collect belongings.
Television images showed the man being carried on a stretcher into an ambulance, while rescue teams were trying to make contact with his daughter inside the damaged building.
The earthquake was also felt in surrounding provinces, including Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Adıyaman and Şanlıurfa.
Search and rescue teams have been dispatched to the region.
Malatya was among 11 Turkish provinces hit by the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria at the start of February.
More than 173,000 buildings have been damaged, leaving nearly two million residents homeless, according to government data.
