ISTANBUL, Nov 2 (NNN-ANADOLU) – At least 51 people were killed and 896 others wounded, in a strong earthquake that hit Turkey’s western province of Izmir, Vice President, Fuat Oktay, said.
At the coordination centre of the Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), in Izmir, Oktay said, 682 of the 896 injured people were discharged from hospitals, while 214 are still undergoing treatment.
At least 850 aftershocks, 40 of which were stronger than magnitude 4, have been recorded so far, according to the AFAD.
Search and rescue operations are still going on in the debris of collapsed buildings across the province.
A 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the Aegean Sea, off the Seferihisar district on Friday.– NNN-ANADOLU
