Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes western Turkey, disaster authority says

AL-Monitor
Aug 10, 2025
People rush to a collapsed building to search for survivors after an earthquake in Sindirgi in the western Balikesir province, Turkey, August 10, 2025. Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via REUTERS
People rush to a collapsed building to search for survivors after an earthquake in Sindirgi in the western Balikesir province, Turkey, August 10, 2025. Ihlas News Agency (IHA) via REUTERS — Ihlas News Agency

(Reuters) -An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck western Turkey on Sunday, the country's AFAD disaster management authority said, while local media said the quake was felt across multiple provinces.

AFAD said the quake occurred at around 7:53pm local time in the Balikesir province, near Turkey's biggest city Istanbul, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in any of the affected provinces.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on X that emergency teams from AFAD had started inspections around Istanbul and the neighbouring provinces but that no negative reports had come through so far.

AFAD said the quake struck at a depth of 11 km (6.8 miles), while the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) registered the earthquake's magnitude at 6.19 and a depth of 10 km.

(Reporting by Gnaneshwar Rajan in Bengaluru; Editing by Andrew Cawthorne and Hugh Lawson)