Magnitude-5.5 quake shakes southeast Turkey
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A moderate earthquake shook southeastern Turkey on Thursday, damaging a mosque's minarets and injuring a handful of people who jumped off buildings in panic, authorities said.
The Kandilli Observatory seismology center said a magnitude 5.5 quake struck at a depth of 5.4 kilometers (3.3 miles) on Thursday morning at 8:52 pm. The epicenter of the quake was in the village of Pinaronu in Sirnak province, close to the borders of Syria and Iraq. (AP)
