Earthquake ... This Time In Turkey

A strong, pre-dawn earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6 struck eastern Turkey today, killing 57 people as it knocked down stone or mud-brick houses and minarets in at least six villages, the government said. Turkey's crisis center said about 100 other people were injured in the quake, which hit at 4:32 a.m. in Elazig province, about 340 miles east of Ankara, the capital. The earthquake, which caught many people as they slept, was centered near the village of Basyurt and followed by more than 50 aftershocks, the strongest measuring 5.5 and 5.3, the Kandilli seismology center said. (USA Today)