Younes Sezer, the head of the country’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), said that the epicenter of this earthquake was the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province, and at least 100 people were injured and dozens of residential apartments collapsed.
Malatya province is one of the 11 provinces of Turkey that was damaged by the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that devastated parts of southern Turkey and northern Syria on February 6 this year.
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