Magnitude 4.7 earthquake jolts Istanbul
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook Istanbul on Saturday, said Turkey's state-run disaster management authority.
- Türkiye
- Daily Sabah
- Published Date: 05:17 | 11 January 2020
- Modified Date: 05:41 | 11 January 2020
A 4.7 magnitude earthquake hit Istanbul and the Marmara region Saturday.
Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the quake struck 22.7 kilometers (14 miles) south of Istanbul's Silivri district at a shallow depth of 7 km.
There was no reported damage, Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoğlu said on Twitter.
"All teams are on duty; no incident has been reported so far," he wrote.
TV broadcasters showed footage of people running in panic from a local shop in Silivri.
A powerful magnitude 5.8 tremor shook Istanbul in September, causing momentary panic across the city.
Turkey is among the world's most seismically active zones as it is situated on several active fault lines, with the most potentially devastating one being the Northern Anatolia Fault (NAF), the meeting point of the Anatolian and Eurasian tectonic plates.