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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Timour Azhari

New Turkey quake kills one person, flattens more buildings

Rubble from buildings that collapsed due to the 5.6 magnitude earthquake is shown in this video screengrab obtained from social media, in Malatya, Turkey, February 27, 2023. Haytap/via REUTERS

An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 110 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work to rescue several people believed trapped in rubble.

The latest aftershock, with a magnitude of 5.6 and depth of 6.15 km, hit three weeks after a massive quake that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

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