One dead, 29 injured after earthquake in Turkey

11 Avqust 09:13 | 618

One person died and 29 more people were hurt after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake in western Turkey, the country’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.

"A 81-year-old man died and 29 people were hurt as a result of the earthquake. Sixteen houses were destroyed," he told the TRT Haber television channel.

The earthquake rocked Turkey’s Balikesir province at 7:53 p.m. local time (4:53 p.m. GMT). Earth tremors were felt at least in ten localities in Turkey, including Istanbul.

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