(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici) People and their animals are seen after they spent the night in tents with snowcovered mountains in the background near their destroyed houses in Okcular village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, hours after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey eaarly Monday, [...]

(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

People and their animals are seen after they spent the night in tents with snowcovered mountains in the background near their destroyed houses in Okcular village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Tuesday, March 9, 2010, hours after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey eaarly Monday, killing at least 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, the government said. The quake affected villages near the town of Kovancilar, toppling stone or mud-brick homes and minarets of mosques, officials and media reports said.