Northwest Turkey hit by a magnitude 5.4 earthquake, no casualties reported

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A almighty earthquake shook northwestern Turkey Sunday, causing radical to fly their homes, exigency services said. No casualties were instantly reported.

The magnitude 5.4 quake was centered successful the town of Simav successful Kutahya state astatine a extent of 8 kilometers (5 miles), exigency bureau AFAD said. The quake struck astatine 12:59 p.m. (0959 GMT) and was followed by a magnitude 4.0 aftershock. It was besides felt successful Istanbul, Turkey’s largest metropolis some 100 kilometers (62 miles) to the north, according to media reports.

TV footage showed radical successful Kutahya gathering successful squares and parks pursuing the tremor.

In August, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Sindirgi , successful the neighboring state of Balikesir. One idiosyncratic died and dozens were injured. Since then, the portion astir Balikesir has been deed by smaller shocks.

Turkey sits connected top of large responsibility lines and earthquakes are frequent.

In 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed much than 53,000 radical successful Turkey and destroyed oregon damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings successful 11 southern and southeastern provinces. Another 6,000 radical were killed successful the bluish parts of neighboring Syria. [AP]