Earthquake Shakes Turkey

By Prensa Latina

Ankara : A mid intensity earthquake shook this capital on Thursday without causing victims, although it destroyed 343 houses, Governor Kemal Onal reported.


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The tremor, with a magnitude of 5.5 degrees in Richter’s open scale, was felt at 01:47, local time (23:47 GMT on Wednesday).

Its epicenter was located by the seismologic center of Kandilli, in Istanbul, around 50 miles from Ankara’s southern area, in Bala, where it reached 5.7 degrees, and damaged some 20 houses.

Another earthquake, with 5.7 degrees shook the same Turkish central region a week ago, without causing victims or serious damage.

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