Thursday 15 / August / 2024
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck Central Türkiye on Saturday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
The quake was at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.21 miles), EMSC said, while the local AFAD disaster agency said it occurred at 1.27 p.m. local time (1027 GMT).
The Kandilli earthquake monitoring centre said the epicentre was located in the district of Bor, in the province of Nigde.
Nidge is some 350 kilometres (217 miles) west of the Turkish-Syrian border region that was struck by two major quakes on February 6.
No immediate damage reported
Mayor Emrah Ozdemir told state broadcaster TRT that no damage was reported yet.
Teams are on site to assess the aftermath, Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay wrote on Twitter.
Prior to this, at least seven tremors over magnitude 4 had been recorded since Friday evening in Türkiye, including the quake-hit south, according to AFAD.
