Dozens dead from earthquake in Turkey
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Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert
CNN
A pre-dawn earthquake collapsed homes and killed more than 50 people in a mountainous region of southeastern Turkey Monday, government officials said.
About 71 others were injured when the earthquake struck at 4:32 a.m., according to officials. The U.S. Geological Survey registered the quake at magnitude 5.9, while the Turkish earthquake monitoring center listed it as a 6.0.
The quake struck in Elazig province, with the village of Okcular the worst hit, according to Ozcan Yalcin, the press secretary for the province's governor.
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The landscape changes with movement as do the seasons and each change to the movement will in fact change the seasons and the landscape.
This is no disrespect to those who have died but.....do we get the feeling Mother Nature is getting revenge.? I mean...let's face it. Man has not been taking very good care of her in recent years. She's coming back meaner than ever.
what's going on in the world? so much earthquakes, it is not normal..... I'm worried about my area... the small island in the caribe P.R.