At least nine people were killed and 50 others injured after a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck the Turkey-Iran border region, authorities said Sunday, SIA reports.
According to Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), the quake struck the Iranian city of Khoy in the country's West Azerbaijan province at 8:53 a.m. local time reaching a depth of 5.2 kilometers. The authorities reported several further quakes measuring up to a magnitude of 3.9. The province borders both Turkey and Iraq. Later on Sunday second 5.9 magnitude earthquake shook Iran's Khoy near the Turkish border.
Speaking to reporters, Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said three children and four adults were killed in eastern Van province's Başkule district. He later said two additional people has died Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said at least 50 people had been injured, including nine who are in a critical condition. Koca said 25 ambulances, a medical helicopter and 13 emergency teams had been sent to the region. AFAD said 144 tents for families had been dispatched.
The earthquake followed a series of deadly disasters that struck Van province and Turkey's eastern region.On Jan. 24, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake shook the eastern province of Elazığ, killing 41 and injuring more than 1,600 people. The earthquake brought down dozens of buildings and brought life to a halt in Elazığ and the neighboring province of Malatya.
The region is very familiar with earthquakes because of the North Anatolian Fault (NAF), which stretches from the western part of the country to the eastern border provinces. The NAF line also passes through 20 kilometers south of Turkey's cultural and commercial capital, Istanbul.
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