Northwestern Turkey hit by magnitude 6.1 earthquake, 1 dead and dozens injured
Quake causes buildings to collapse; rescue efforts under way for those trapped
A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Sindirgi in western Turkey on Sunday, the Turkish disaster management agency (AFAD) said, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more.
The quake was felt across several cities in the west of the country, including Istanbul and the tourist hotspot of Izmir.
“An 81-year-old person died soon after having been rescued from under the rubble,” Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya told journalists at Sindirgi, the epicentre of the quake.
Another 29 people had been injured, but not seriously, he added.
The quake collapsed 16 buildings in Sindirgi and its surroundings, of which four were inhabited, including a three-storey building in the city centre, he said.
Several people were pulled alive from the rubble of the three-storey building, where six people were living. The person who died had also been buried under the rubble there before being freed.