SULAIMANI (ESTA) — An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 hit northwest Turkey and was felt in Istanbul early on Wednesday, injuring 50 people and damaging some buildings in the province of Duzce, according to a government disaster agency and state media said.
There were no reports of deaths or major destruction in the tremor, which struck at 04:08 am (0108 GMT) with its epicenter in Golyaka, a district in Duzce about 200 km east of Istanbul.
“We almost completed our checks in the villages around Golyaka. There is no severe damage reported; only some barns were wrecked in these places,” Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said on broadcaster TRT Haber.
“There was a power cut during the quake but authorities are reinstating power now,” he said.
The Duzce courthouse was among some eight buildings in the area that were damaged, said the state-owned Anadolu news agency.
Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said it sent thousands of blankets and tents to the area of the quake, which injured 37 people in Duzce. People were also hurt in Zonguldak, Bursa and Istanbul.
