Turkey quake kills 5, traps scores

VAN (Turkey), Nov 10 (Reuters): An earthquake in eastern Turkey killed at least five people and scores more were trapped under the rubble of two hotels and a dozen other buildings, state television said Thursday, less than three weeks after another killed 600 in the same area. The magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck 16 km (9 miles) south of the city of Van at 1923 GMT (2:23 p.m. EST) Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said. The tremor destroyed at least seven buildings, including two hotels in Van city, and around 14 other structures in other parts of the region, state television channel TRT said.