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WORLD, Page 43World NotesTURKEYEarthquake In Erzincan
For residents of the Turkish city of Erzincan (pop. 150,000),
death visited with savage abruptness at 7:20 p.m. last Friday.
An earthquake that registered at least 6.2 on the Richter scale
leveled 200 buildings, leaving more than 500 people dead -- the
toll could climb well past 1,000 -- and at least 2,000 injured.
"All of a sudden I saw the wall coming down and the city
swinging like a cradle," said Ahmet Elden, whose wife and four
children were trapped in their wrecked apartment. "I can still
hear the cries of my son calling for me."
The temblor that convulsed eastern Turkey was the
country's most powerful since a 1983 quake that snuffed out
1,330 lives. In less than a minute, it leveled a quarter of
Erzincan's center and reverberated across two neighboring
provinces. By morning, rescue officials had dispatched tents,
blankets and heavy equipment to aid the frightened survivors.
Many had spent the night outdoors in subzero cold rather than
wager against the earth's caprice.