Mild Quake Rocks Southern Turkey

Published August 9th, 2001 - 02:00 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

A minor earthquake measuring 4.0 on the Richter scale jolted Osmaniye in southern Turkey early Thursday, the Istanbul-based seismological institute said. 

There were no reports of injuries or damage from the tremor, which struck at 2:36am (2336 GMT Wednesday). 

Thirty-one people were injured in Osmaniye in June when an earthquake measuring 5.5 hit the city and its vicinity. 

Criss-crossed by seismologic faultiness, Turkey is frequently rocked by earthquakes. 

The worst disasters were in 1999 when some 20,000 people were killed in two strong tremors in the densely-populated northwest -- ANKARA, Aug 9 (AFP) 

 

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