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Quake hits Turkey

12 December 2012 [13:00] - TODAY.AZ
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted the Kadirli district in the Turkish Osmaniye Province, TRT Haber TV channel reported on Wednesday.

No casualties and damages are reported as a result of the earthquake.

Turkey is located in a seismically active zone. The most powerful vibrations of the earth's crust in this country occurred in the Marmara Sea in 1999. The magnitude of the tremors was 7.4. About 18,000 people killed in the earthquake.


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