The World : 8 Killed in Turkish Quake

At least eight people were killed and 40 injured when an earthquake jolted southeastern Turkey, Turkish state television reported. It said 1,000 homes were left uninhabitable after the tremor. The quake, measuring 5.8 on the Richter scale, struck a rural area between the towns of Adiyaman and Malatya, with the epicenter about 375 miles southeast of Ankara. Turkish television showed pictures of villagers amid the debris of their mud-and-timber homes. Turkish radio said the quake cracked the Surku Dam, and authorities evacuated residents from the area and lowered the water level to prevent flooding.