MALATYA, Turkey (NBC NEWS) — A powerful earthquake shook the delivery room of a private hospital in eastern Turkey, minutes after a baby was born.
Video shows the quake struck as the midwife was cleaning the newborn.
No injuries were reported.
A hospital doctor said that both the mother and baby were healthy.
The 6.8-magnitude quake struck on Friday night, killing 40 people, with more than 1,600 sustaining injuries.
Turkey’s disaster and emergency authority said it was followed by hundreds of aftershocks.
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