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Eight Dead in Turkey as 5.7 Earthquake Strikes Western Iran

Associated Press

   ANKARA, TURKEY - Eight people were killed in Turkey in a magnitude 5.7
   earthquake that struck western Iran early Sunday morning, Turkish
   Interior Minister Suleiman Soylu said.

   The quake centered on the Iranian city of Khoy and affected villages in
   the Turkish province of Van.

   Soylu told a news conference in Ankara that three children and four
   adults were killed in Turkey's Baskule district. He later said another
   person had died.

   Some of the wounded remain trapped under the debris of fallen
   buildings, he added.

   Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said at least 21 people had been
   injured, including eight who are in a critical condition.

   Emergency teams have been sent to the remote mountainous region.

   Iran's official IRNA news agency said the earthquake affected 43
   villages in the mountainous Qotour area. It reported some residents
   were injured but didn't say any were in critical condition.

   According to the European Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC),
   the quake struck at 9:22 a.m. local time (0552GMT) at a depth of 5
   kilometers (3 miles).

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