A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck eastern Turkey's Malatya province on Wednesday, causing damage to some buildings but no casualties, the country's disaster and emergency management authority (AFAD) said.
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A magnitude-5.9 earthquake struck eastern Turkey's Malatya province on Wednesday, causing damage to some buildings but no casualties, the country's disaster and emergency management authority (AFAD) said.
Three buildings were partially collapsed but there were no casualties, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told reporters.
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AFAD said it occurred at 10:46 a.m. (0746 GMT) with its epicentre in the district of Kale, some 40 km (25 miles) east of the city of Malatya.
AFAD, police and gendarmerie security teams carried out inspections across the region including in Diyarbakir, Sanliurfa, Elazig, Batman and Tunceli provinces, it added.
Nearly 190 people were treated in hospitals in six provinces due to the quake, of which 43 remain under observation, Yerlikaya said.
The European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said the quake had a 6.1 magnitude and was at a depth of 9 km (5.6 miles) below the earth.
Reporting by Daren Butler in Istanbul, Surbhi Misra in Bengaluru, Clauda Tanios in Dubai, Huseyin Hayatsever in Ankara
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