- 6.2-Magnitude Quake Hit Cilives, Marmara Sagar: Minister.
- There were three other people after the early earthquake at 12:49.
- As soon as the buildings were shaken, people ran on the streets.
Officials hit an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 near the western outskirts of Istanbul on Wednesday, saying the impact was felt in the biggest city in Turkey, where people used to run on the streets.
Internal Minister Ali Yralikaya said on X, “The earthquake of 6.2 magnitude occurred in Cylivri, Marmara Sagar, Istanbul.”
Three other people posted the Turk’s AFAD Disaster Management Agency on X, with a magnitude of 4.4 to 4.9 after the initial earthquake in the local time period at 12:49 pm.
As soon as the buildings moved, people ran on the streets where a crowd of worried people saw or called their mobile phone for information, a AFP The reporter said.
“I just felt an earthquake, I walked out,” a moving decorator, exiting a fourth floor apartment, said, where he was working near the Galata Tower in the city, who did not want to give his name.
There was no immediate report of hurting or killing buildings falling into a huge city of 16 million people, city officials and regional governors office.
“So far, we have no information about the collapse of any building,” the Governor’s office said, people can be urged to avoid any structure that can be damaged in shock.
Istanbul Municipality said on X, “No serious cases have been reported so far after the earthquake in Istanbul.”
According to the shock, it can be felt from a distance as Bulgaria AFP Journalist in the capital Sophia.
