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title: "New Turkey quake kills one person, flattens more buildings"
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# New Turkey quake kills one person, flattens more buildings

> OSMANIYE, Turkey, Feb 27 (Reuters) - An earthquake shook southeast Turkey on Monday, killing one person, injuring 69 and causing 29 buildings to collapse, Turkish authorities said, triggering frantic work to rescue several people believed trapped in rubble.

By Reuters · Published 27 February 2023, 16:04 SAST

## Key points
- Turkey has been rocked by another earthquake three weeks after a devastating quake that killed over 50,000 people in the country and neighbouring Syria. The latest tremor had a magnitude of 5.6 and was 6.15 km deep. Rescue teams managed to pull out one man alive and his daughter from the rubble of a building in Malatya province. Investigations are widening as authorities have arrested 184 people suspected of involvement in the collapse of buildings due to the disaster. In addition, AFAD reported that 44,374 people have died as a result of the previous earthquake while 520,000 apartments were damaged or destroyed. With presidential and parliamentary elections coming up, there is concern about holding them in this region as well as the psychological impact on children who have witnessed these events.
- Magnitude 5.6 earthquake hits Turkey and Syria three weeks after a devastating quake that killed 50,000 people
- Rescue teams deployed to five buildings, with one man and woman rescued from the rubble of one building
- 184 people arrested for complicity in the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes, with investigations widening
- Deep psychological impact expected, particularly for children, as AFAD warns not to enter or stand near damaged buildings

## Content

The latest aftershock, with a magnitude of 5.6 and depth of 6.15 km, hit three weeks after a [massive quake](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N3550IX&linkedFromStory=true) that killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria.

A rescue team carried out one man alive, strapped to a stretcher, from the rubble of a building in the province of Malatya, live footage on broadcaster CNN Turk showed.

A while later, it showed a woman, said to be the man's daughter, rescued from the same building.

Yunus Sezer, head of Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) told a news conference that search and rescue teams had been deployed to five buildings.

There have been four fresh earthquakes in the region in the past three weeks, as well as 45 aftershocks with magnitudes between five and six, said AFAD's general director of earthquake and risk reduction Orhan Tatar.

"This is very extraordinary activity," Tatar said.

ELECTIONS DUE

The earthquakes have struck months ahead of presidential and parliamentary elections, scheduled to be held by June, which present the biggest political challenge to President Tayyip Erdogan in his two-decade rule.

A delegation from Turkey's High Election Board was scheduled to visit the quake zone on Monday to start gathering material for a report on the feasibility of holding elections in the region.

Turkey has arrested 184 people suspected of complicity in the collapse of buildings in this month's earthquakes and investigations are widening, a minister said on Saturday.

On Sunday, AFAD announced that the death toll in the devastating quake three weeks ago had risen to 44,374.

The overall number of deaths in Turkey and neighbouring Syria exceeds 50,000.

More than 160,000 buildings containing 520,000 apartments collapsed or were severely damaged in Turkey by the disaster, the worst in the country's modern history.

The quakes are expected to have a [deep psychological impact](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL8N3534ZC&linkedFromStory=true), with children particularly vulnerable.

After the latest tremor, AFAD issued a fresh warning on Twitter telling people not to enter or even stand near damaged buildings in the earthquake zone.

By Timour Azhari

(Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever and Ece Toksabay in Ankara, Chandni Shah in Bengaluru; Writing by Daren Butler and Humeyra Pamuk; Editing by Gareth Jones and John Stonestreet)