A powerful earthquake has shaken eastern Turkey, killing one person and damaging a number of buildings. The state-run Anatolian news agency said the quake had a magnitude of 6.5 and was felt in several cities in the Tunceli region. A woman died when her house collapsed on her in a village near Pulumur, while two children were hurt when they jumped from a school building in panic. Pulumur mayor Mesut Coskun has appealed for tents to shelter people who were now too afraid to go back into their houses. Two major earthquakes struck north-west Turkey in 1999 killing nearly 20,000 people.

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