A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck Eastern Turkey at a depth of 18 km ( 11.1 miles), the quake hit at 09:47:56 UTC Friday 28th October 2011.
The epicenter was 31 km ( 18.9 miles) Southeast of Van, Turkey
550 Dead - 2300 Injured and hundreds more Missing
over 200 Prisoners have escaped after setting fire to their cells as the guards refused to let them out.
** Over 500 aftershocks since the Initial earthquake