A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Turkey on August 10, causing damage to buildings and wounding 23 people. At least 23 were injured as a result of Thursday's quake, which was centred in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province and felt in Adiyaman, both provinces hit by the devastating earthquakes in February, which killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
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00:00 A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook southern Turkey on August 10, causing damage to buildings
00:11 and wounding 23 people.
00:14 At least 23 were injured as a result of Thursday's quake, which was centred in the town of Yasalyurt
00:19 in Malatya province and was felt in Adyaman, both provinces hit by the devastating earthquakes
00:24 in February, which killed at least 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.
00:30 Turkey's Health Minister Farid Unkosar said in a social media post that the injuries sustained
00:34 in Malatya and Adyaman consisted of falls and people throwing themselves off buildings
00:39 to avoid being crushed under a collapsed building.
00:42 Residents of the surrounding provinces felt the earthquake, which was recorded at a depth
00:47 of 7 km below the ground.
00:50 Following the earthquake, rescue teams immediately began their operation to assist those affected
00:54 by the disaster.
00:56 Emergency services were deployed to provide medical aid and support to injured individuals.
01:02 Efforts are being made to ensure that everyone is accounted for and provided necessary assistance.
01:07 The Turkish government has mobilised various resources for relief efforts in the affected
01:12 areas.
01:13 The Ministry of Health dispatched medical teams and supplies to treat the injured, while
01:17 search and rescue teams have been working tirelessly to locate the trapped individuals
01:21 under rubble.
01:22 Malatya is one of the severely affected provinces that suffered significant damage from the
01:27 earthquake on February 6, 2023, which led to the death of around 50,000 people across
01:33 11 of the 17 affected provinces of Turkey.
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