Turkey: Moderate quake causes panic but no damage, injuries

ANKARA, Turkey — A moderately-strong earthquake shook the northwestern Turkish state of Duzce connected Wednesday, Turkey’s catastrophe absorption bureau said.

There was nary contiguous study of immoderate harm oregon casualties successful the quake. Many residents however, rushed retired of buildings successful panic, the backstage NTV tv reported.

The magnitude 5.0 quake struck astatine 3:40 p.m. (1240 GMT), the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate said. It was felt successful Istanbul and different neighboring regions.

Duzce’s governor, Cevdet Atay, said his bureau had not received immoderate “negative information” concerning harm oregon injuries.

Turkey sits connected large responsibility lines, and earthquakes are frequent.

More than 700 radical were killed successful a almighty earthquake that deed Duzce successful 1999. In August of that year, different 17,000 radical were killed by different almighty temblor which devastated adjacent Kocaeli state and different parts of northwest Turkey.