In August 1999, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake led to the deaths of more than 17,000 people in the western city of Izmit, while a 2011 quake saw 523 people die in the eastern city of Van. ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The death toll from a strong earthquake that rocked eastern Turkey climbed to 29 on Saturday night as rescue crews searched for people who remained trapped under the rubble of collapsed buildings, officials said.Speaking at a televised news conference, Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said earlier in the day that 18 people were killed in Elazig province, where Friday night's quake was centered, and four in neighboring Malatya. Two strong earthquakes struck northwest Turkey in 1999, killing around 18,000 people.A magnitude 6.0 earthquake killed 51 people in Elazig in 2010.Rescue workers try to reach people under a collapsed building following a strong earthquake in Elazig in the eastern Turkey, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2020. Media caption Rescue teams rushed to help after the earthquake struck. The death toll from a powerful earthquake which struck eastern Turkey rose to 31, officials said Sunday, as rescue efforts continued. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites.The magnitude-6.8 quake centred on the town of Sivrice in Elazig province caused buildings to collapse and sent residents rushing into the street.Forty-five people have been rescued so far, with more than 20 feared to remain trapped, officials say.Earthquakes are common in Turkey - about 17,000 people died in a quake in the western city of Izmit in 1999.Friday's quake struck at about 20:55 local time (17:55 GMT).Tremors were also felt in neighbouring Syria, Lebanon and Iran.More than 400 aftershocks were recorded, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (Afad) said.Rescue teams worked through the night, using their hands, drills and diggers to try to find people in the rubble of fallen buildings. The national disaster agency later updated the total with seven more casualties.Some 1,243 people were injured, with 34 of them in intensive care but not in critical condition, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.On Saturday afternoon, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited the hardest-hit areas and attended the funeral of a mother and son killed in the quake. "Our houses collapsed...we cannot go inside them," a 32-year-old man from Sivrice told Reuters. Afad said that most of the casualties were in Elazig province, and deaths were also reported in the neighbouring province of Malatya. The two journalists from different organisations left due to diplomatic tensions, local media report.© 2020 BBC. You can also contact us in the following ways:Flying foxes 'among Earth's most mobile mammals' VideoPolice tackle 12-year-old to the ground in Hong Kong. We desperately ran out (of our home),” Emre Gocer told the state-run Anadolu news agency as he sheltered with his family at a sports hall in Sivrice. (IHA via AP)I receive death threats every week – Enes Kanter vows to use platform for changeGreece to boost military amid tensions with neighbor TurkeyHow Merkel Can Calm the Conflict Between Greece and TurkeyTurkey's Erdogan says East Med is test of EU's sincerityTrump Orders Reporter To Remove His Mask At Press BriefingIn Hong Kong, people are buying newspapers to look at the adsSources: Southern Miss head coach Jay Hopson steps downMichael Cohen says Trump once leered at his 15-year-old daughter and asked: 'When did she get so hot? 'Trump disputes Atlantic report that he called service members ‘losers’ and ‘suckers’Moncler Advocates for Gender Equality With Limited-edition AnorakTrump Campaign Official Mocked Joe Biden For Visiting Graves Of Late Family MembersSupermodel Elle Macpherson, 56, Posts Cheeky Bikini Photos on Instagram'We're Screwed': Kevin McCarthy Gives Trump Some Tough Election TalkJulian Assange in U.K. court to fight U.S. extradition bid'Extreme behavior': California sets record as wildfires torch more than 2M acres this year'Mulan' release leads to 68% spike in Disney+ app downloadsTrump Helped Himself To Art From Ambassador's Mansion In Paris For White HouseZac Efron Is Dating Australian Model Vanessa Valladares and They Seem Super Cute
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