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Strong earthquake hits Istanbul, schools cancel classes - PHOTO - UPDATED
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- 26 September, 2019
- 13:07
Classes have been cancelled in some Istanbul schools following the earthquake.
Report informs citing NTV channel that hospitals were also evacuated.
Officials of most companies were released home. A big traffic jam is observed on Europe-Asia bridge.
The scales of destruction as a result of underground schols are being studied.
15:30
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake was recorded in Istanbul, Turkey, Report informs citing Hüriyyet.
People rush outside in a fear of aftershocks.
No casualties were reported.
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