A robust earthquake hit japanese Turkey on Saturday however no casualties or critical harm had been instantly reported, the nation’s catastrophe service stated.
The 5.2 magnitude quake struck the city of Puturge in Malatya province at 5:02 p.m. native time (1402 GMT), Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) stated. The tremor was recorded at a depth of 6.7 kilometres (4.2 miles).
“We have not received any negative reports so far. Our teams continue their scanning activities in the field,” Malatya Governor Aydin Barus advised the state-run Anadolu Agency.
Environment and Urbanisation Minister Murat Kurum tweeted that the Turkish authorities was carefully following the state of affairs.
Turkey sits on prime of main fault traces and earthquakes are frequent.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighbouring Elazig province in January 2020, killing 41 folks and injuring greater than 1,600. In 1999, at the very least 17,000 folks died in a robust earthquake in northwest Turkey.
