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Devastating earthquake hits eastern Turkey PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 08 March 2010
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Reports are coming in of a devastating earthquake in eastern Turkey.

At least 57 people died, and around 100 were injured, when an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale hit the town of Karakoçan, in the province of Elazığ, at 4.32 am (local time), on Monday morning.

Below: Where the earthquake struck, in Eastern Turkey.

Earthquake map

Google maps copyright acknowledged.

Earthquake map from The Boğaziçi (Bosphorus) University of Istanbul - copyright acknowledged.

You can read reports on this disaster by clicking on the following links:

Hurriyet Daily News 

Today Zaman 

BBC News Online video

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Last Updated on Monday, 08 March 2010