ISTANBUL --
A robust earthquake hit japanese Turkey on Saturday however no casualties or severe injury had been instantly reported, the nation's catastrophe service mentioned.
The 5.2 magnitude quake struck the city of Puturge in Malatya province at 5:02 p.m. native time (1402 GMT), Turkey's Catastrophe and Emergency Administration Directorate (AFAD) mentioned. The tremor was recorded at a depth of 6.7 kilometres (4.2 miles).
"We've not obtained any detrimental experiences thus far. Our groups proceed their scanning actions within the subject," Malatya Governor Aydin Barus informed the state-run Anadolu Company.
Surroundings and Urbanization Minister Murat Kurum tweeted that the Turkish authorities was intently following the state of affairs.
Turkey sits on high of main fault traces and earthquakes are frequent.
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit neighboring Elazig province in January 2020, killing 41 folks and injuring greater than 1,600. In 1999, not less than 17,000 folks died in a strong earthquake in northwest Turkey.
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