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An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit the province of the northwest of Balikesir of Türkiye on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen collapsen buildings, authorities said. At least 29 people were injured.
The earthquake, with an epicenter in the city of Sindirgi, sent clashes that felt about 200 kilometers (125 miles) north in Estanbul, a city of more than 16 million people.
An old woman died shortly after being withdrawn from the rubble of a building collapsed in Sindirgi, he told Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya to journalists. Four other people were rescued from the building.
Yerlikaya said that a total of 16 buildings collapsed in the region, most of them abandoned and not used. Two mosquita minarets also fell down, he said.
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None of the injured was in serious condition, said the minister.
The television images showed rescue teams asking for silence so they can listen to signs of life under the rubble.
Disaster Agency and Emergency Management of Türkiye He said that the earthquake was followed by several replicas, including one that measures 4.6, and urged citizens not to enter damaged buildings.
President Rece Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement wishing all citizens affected a rapid recovery.
“May God protect our country from any type of disaster,” he wrote in X.
The turkey is located at the top of the main failures and earthquakes are frequent.
In 2023, An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 He killed more than 53,000 people in Türkiye and destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 provinces of the southern and southeast. Another 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of neighboring Syria.
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