The earth shook in Turkey.
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit the northwest of the country on Wednesday at dawn, announced the American Institute of Geological Studies (USGS), injuring 35 according to Turkish authorities.
The tremor, located at a depth of ten kilometers, occurred at 4:08 a.m. (2:08 a.m. Paris time) about 170 km east of Istanbul, the country's largest city, the USGS said. .
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Saat 04.08'de merkez üssü Düzce Gölyaka olan 6.0 büyüklüğünde bir deprem meydana geldi.
Deprem #İstanbul'dan #Ankara'ya çok geniş bir alanda Türkiye'nin kuzeybatısıni salladı.
Allah, her tĂĽrlĂĽ afetten ĂĽlkemizi ve milletimizi korusun.
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Turkish authorities announced the magnitude of the earthquake as being 5.9, with an epicenter located in Gölyaka, in the province of Düzce, in the north-west of the country.
The USGS uses a "fixed depth" of 10 km when the initial earthquake data is "too weak to calculate".
“We have 35 wounded, including one in critical condition,” Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said.
The person hospitalized in critical condition was injured after jumping from his balcony in a panic, authorities said.
One of the most active seismic zones in the world
“We were awakened by a loud noise and a jolt.
We went outside in a panic,” said Fatma Colak, a resident of Düzce.
According to the Turkish Minister of the Interior, SĂĽleyman Soylu, the earthquake would not have caused significant damage in the affected localities, nor any casualties.
"70 aftershocks were recorded, including six of magnitude 4," he said.
İçişleri Bakanı Süleyman Soylu: Köylerdeki taramalar, özellikle Gölyaka ilçesindeki köylerdeki taramalar tamamlandı gibi.
Birkaç ahır yıkıntısının dışında şu ana kadar gelmiş büyük bir ağır hasar ve bina çökmesi gibi ihbarlar söz konusu değil.https://t.co/lqs8kv6uf9 pic.twitter.com/CMZOT17Y1M
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Fear of further tremors prompted many DĂĽzce residents to still stay outside two hours after the quake, Turkish media reported.
Turkey is located in one of the most active seismic zones in the world.
In January 2000, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake hit Elazig (east), killing more than 40 people.
In November of the same year, a magnitude 7.0 earthquake in the Aegean Sea left 114 dead and more than 1,000 injured in Turkey.
