Magnitude 6.1 earthquake hits western Turkiye, killing one | Earthquakes News

Turkiye’s interior minister said an 81-year-old person died after being rescued from rubble by emergency teams.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck northwestern Turkiye’s Balikesir province on Sunday evening, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, according to Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya.

Four people were pulled from the rubble of a collapsed house, three of whom are being treated in hospital, while one man died of his injuries. Yerlikaya said…