Earthquake hits Turkey and Iran: deaths and a lot of damage Abroad

The natural disaster would have hit dozens of villages. Turkish television showed images of people digging in the rubble of collapsed buildings, sometimes with their hands. Some residents are wrapped in blankets in the snow outside houses with damaged walls and roofs. The authorities say that more than a thousand buildings have collapsed.

The epicenter of the quake was, according to the US seismological service USGS, on the other side of the eastern border, near the Iranian village of Habash-e Olya. According to the first reports, the earthquake had a force of 5.7.

The Turkish Ministry of Health says that three of the dead are children. At least 21 people were also injured. No deaths have yet been reported in Iran. Last month, dozens of people were killed in a major earthquake in Turkey.

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