Moderate earthquake shakes Turkey's Aegean coast
A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck Turkey’s southern Aegean coast, sending residents into the streets in panic, the Anatolia news agency reported. At least one person was injured.
The quake hit at 01:48 a.m. (11.48pm Irish time) and was centred on the province of Mugla, the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory said. Several aftershocks followed.
It was also felt in the neighbouring province of Aydin, Anatolia reported.
One man was taken to hospital in the resort town of Marmaris, in Mugla, with minor injuries after jumping from a balcony in panic, the agency said. There were no immediate reports of any damage to buildings.
Quakes are frequent in Turkey, much of which lies atop the active North Anatolian fault.
Two devastating earthquakes killed about 18,000 people in north-western Turkey in 1999.
