Earthquake: Turkey shaken by tremors, intensity 6.0 on Richter scale, no casualties reported

Earthquake tremors were felt in a city in Turkey on Wednesday morning. According to the information given by the news agency ANI from the National Center for Seismology, a magnitude 6.0 earthquake occurred 186 km west-northwest of Ankara, Turkey, at 6.38 am on Wednesday. The depth of the earthquake was 10 km below the ground.

The epicenter of the earthquake was Golkaya city.

According to Turkey's government-run Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency, the epicenter of the quake was in the city of Golkaya in Dujce province, some 200 km east of Istanbul. The tremors were also felt in Turkey's two major cities, Istanbul and the capital, Ankara. Deutz mayor Farooq Ozlu told private NTV that people came out of their homes as soon as the tremors were felt and electricity was cut off in the area.

no casualties reported

Farooq Ozlu said there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, but officials were still assessing possible damages. Turkey lies on top of major fault lines and is frequently shaken by earthquakes. The city of Dujah in Turkey was affected by a powerful earthquake in the year 1999, in which about 800 people lost their lives.

Earthquake tremors in Indonesia (Indonesia earthquake)

Earlier on November 21, there was a devastating earthquake in Indonesia, in which 268 people have died so far. At the same time, 151 people are still being told missing. More than a thousand people have been injured in this earthquake. According to officials, more than 600 people have also received minor injuries. Relief and rescue work is still going on continuously, and a large number of people are missing. So far, about 13,000 people have been rescued safely, while about 2,200 houses have been damaged.

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