ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Searchers on Sunday ended efforts to find anyone else alive in the rubble of an earthquake-shattered hotel in eastern Turkey, the state-run agency reported.
The 5.7-magnitude quake struck the city of Van on Wednesday, toppling two hotels, some two weeks after another more powerful earthquake killed some 600 people in the region. The two buildings had apparently been weakened by the force of first quake.
The country's disaster management agency said least 39 people were killed in the second quake.
The victims include two journalists and a Japanese relief worker who had rushed to the region in the aftermath of the 7.2-magnitude quake that struck on …
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