ERBIL - Another earthquake hit the Turkish eastern province of Elazig on Saturday evening, with the death toll, from a previous powerful quake in the same city, rising.

Earlier on Friday night, a 6.8-magnitude earthquake shook the eastern province, killing several people and wounding more than 1,200 others.

After the second quake on Saturday, which was measured at 5.1 on Richter scale, reports said that at least 29 people have been killed so far.

Meanwhile, the number of the wounded reached 1,466 individuals, according to reports.

A total of 43 people have also been rescued from the wreckage in the past few hours.

BasNews