土耳其今發生7.2級地震,氣象臺預計500至1000人喪生
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake has hit eastern Turkey, causing deaths and injuries as buildings collapsed.
The quake hit just north-east of the city of Van, where Anatolia news agency said at least 50 people were injured. Strong aftershocks have hit the region.
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's office said there had been damage and deaths in Van but gave no firm figure.
Turkey is particularly vulnerable to earthquakes because it sits on major geological fault lines.
Two earthquakes in 1999 with a magnitude of more than 7 killed almost 20,000 people in densely populated parts of the north-west of the country.
以下爲鳳凰網中文報道：
土耳其週日發生里氏7.2級地震，東部凡城有建築物損毀，政府稱至少45座建築物倒塌。總理埃爾多安辦公室表示，地震導致多人死亡。土耳其氣象臺估計，約有500至1000人喪生。
地震發生後，大量民房倒塌，有汽車損毀，有民衆嚇得失聲痛哭。
救援人員前往凡城一座倒塌的七層樓高房屋搜救，相信有多人被困，民衆就用鐵鏟、甚至徒手在廢墟發掘。
凡城至少有五十人受傷，已送院治療。鄰近的埃爾吉斯鎮長稱，有多人死亡；紅新月會表示，埃爾吉斯至少有25座建築物倒塌。
由於地震震感強烈，民衆紛紛走到街上。
