Hundreds of earthquake survivors huddled in aid tents and around bonfires in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong earthquake knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people.

The damage appeared worst in the village of Okçular, which was almost razed. At least 15 of the village’s 900 residents were killed, Elazığ’s governor’s office said Monday, and the air was thick with dust from crumpled homes and barns.

The pre-dawn earthquake caught many residents in their sleep, shaking the area’s poorly made buildings into piles of rubble. Panicked survivors fled into the narrow streets of this village perched on a hill in front of snow-covered mountains, with some people climbing out of windows to escape.

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