An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck west of Turkey on Sunday, said the country’s AFAD disasters management authority, while local media said that the earthquake had been felt in several provinces.
The AFAD said that the earthquake had taken place around 7:53 p.m. local time in the province of Balikesir, near the largest city in Turkey, Istanbul, but there was no immediate report of victims or damage in one of the affected provinces.
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The Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerlikaya, said on X that the emergency teams of the AFAD had started inspections around Istanbul and the neighboring provinces, but that no negative report had passed so far.
The AFAD said that the earthquake had struck 11 km (6.8 miles), while the German research center for Geosciences (GFZ) recorded the extent of the earthquake at 6.19 and a depth of 10 km.
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According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), around 31.8 million people may have felt an earthquake on Sunday, including 228,000 people who may have experienced “strong” tremors. The strongest shock was in Golcuk, Bigadic and Sindirgi.
