11-08-2025
Turkey earthquake: one dead after buildings fall in magnitude-6.1 tremor
A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck western Turkey on Sunday, killing one person and causing about a dozen buildings to collapse.
The epicentre of the earthquake was in Sindirgi, south of the city of Balikesir, at a depth of 10km, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre and the German Research Centre for Geosciences reported.
Tremors were felt in Istanbul and across several provinces.
Aftershocks ranging between magnitude 3.4 and 4.6 were felt in the area, the EMSC reported.
Balikesir's Mayor Ahmet Akin said one person had died on the way to the hospital after being rescued from under the rubble of a collapsed building.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said that 29 people had been injured but none of the injuries were serious, according to Anadolu Agency.
Several houses collapsed in the nearby village of Golcuk, he said. The minaret of a mosque also tumbled down in the village.
Turkey's disaster management agency has began field surveys, Turkish media reported, urging citizens not to enter damaged buildings.
"All AFAD teams and the relevant institutions have immediately begun searches on the ground. No undesirable event has been flagged up 'til now," Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
In February 2023, a magnitude 7.8-earthquake in south-western Turkey killed at least 53,000 people and devastated Antakya. Another 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of neighbouring Syria.
More recently, a magnitude-5.8 tremor in the same region resulted in one death and injured 69 people at the start of July.
