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Magnitude 5.6 quake hits Türkiye's eastern province of Malatya; causes collapse of more buildings

The Magnitude 5.6 earthquake occurred at 12.04 p.m. local time (0904GMT) and was centered 6.96 kilometers (4.32 miles) below the surface in the district of Yeşilyurt. The earthquake was also felt in neighbouring Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Adıyaman, and Şanlıurfa provinces.

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The epicentre of the tremor was the Yeşilyurt district in the Malatya province, which was hit by the February 6 earthquake that killed over 44,000 people in Türkiye and thousands more in neighbouring Syria. "One citizen lost his life. Dozens of others got injured," Yunus Sezer, chairman of the AFAD disaster agency, said in televised comments.