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Wednesday 07 April 1999 00:02 BST
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HOMES WERE flattened in central Turkey yesterday after an earthquake struck the city of Sivas. The earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.2, struck this morning near the town of Divrigi, according to the Kandilli observatory in Istanbul. It was followed by a mild quake of magnitude 3, two minutes later and some 20 aftershocks.

There were no reported casualties.

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