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35 people injured in strong quake in Duzce district of Turkiye

Society 09:32 23 Nov, 2022
One of the injured is in critical condition
35 people injured in strong quake in Duzce district of Turkiye

Number of injured as a result of the quake in Turkiye reached 35, Turkiye's Minister of Health Fakhrattin Koca made a post on his social made accounts, Qazet.az reports. 

One of the injured is in critical condition.

** Earlier

A strong 6.1-magnitude earthquake has struck near Düzce in western Turkiye, with shaking felt as far away as Istanbul and Ankara, seismologists say.

As a result of the incident, at least 22 people were injured.

The earthquake, which struck at 4:08 a.m. local time on Wednesday, was centered about 14 kilometers (9 miles) northwest of Duzce, or 51 kilometers (32 miles) northeast of Adapazan.