Ankara, March 8 : Thirty-eight people were killed Monday in a 6.0-magnitude earthquake which hit Elazig province of eastern Turkey, media reports said.

NTV channel reported 38 deaths while the semi-official Anatolia news agency quoted Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Situation Management Directorate as saying that at least 20 people were killed.

The Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said the quake measured 6.0 magnitude on the Richter scale, Xinhua news agency reported.

Turkey is a quake-prone country. In 1999, more than 18,000 people were killed in two devastating earthquakes in the country.(IANS)