Quake exposes poor construction in Turkey (AP) - Jaunt Journal

Quake exposes poor construction in Turkey (AP)

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Quake exposes poor construction in Turkey
(AP)

Survivors are seen near their destroyed house in Okcular village, in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Monday, March 8, 2010. Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires Monday in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong temblor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing scores of people. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP – The Turkish government acknowledges that homes in eastern areas prone to earthquakes are not resilient to jolts like the magnitude 6 temblor that toppled houses and killed 51 people this week.

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