ISTANBUL, Aug 11 (AP): A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Turkey on Thursday, causing
damage to buildings and wounding 23 people, Turkish officials said.
At least 23 were injured as a result of Thursday’s quake, which was centreed in the town of Yesilyurt
in Malatya province and felt in Adiyaman, both provinces hit by the devastating earthquakes in
February, which killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
Turkey’s Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said in a social media post that the injuries sustained in
Malatya and Adiyaman consisted of falls and people throwing themselves off buildings to avoid
being crushed under a collapsed building.
Private broadcaster NTV reported that some damage could be seen in buildings as a result of
Thursday’s earthquake.
5.3 magnitude earthquake hits southern Turkey wounding at least 23 people and damaging buildings
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