An-Najah News - An earthquake striked Bingol province in eastern Turkey Sunday, killing one person and injuring nine others, according to Turkish authorities

The quake, with its epicentre in the Karliova district of Bingol, struck at around 5 p.m., damaging dozens of homes and buildings, Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate said.

It said two security guards at a Turkish military installation in the region were injured when an observation tower collapsed. One of them later died, the Bingol governor’s office said on Twitter.

Eight more people were injured in villages around  the area, officials said adding that 550 tents were sent to the region, along with emergency aid teams.