UPDATE: |Istanbul rocked by 6.2 earthquake but no immediate reports of injuries News

So far three earthquakes, including one of a 6.2 magnitude, have been reported by authorities

Istanebul has been shaken by several earthquakes including one with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 Turkey’s emergency management agency says. There were no immediate reports of any damage or injuries.

According to the United States Geological Survey the earthquake had a magnitude of 6.2 and a shallow depth of 10 kilometers.

Its epicenter was some 40 kilometers (25 miles) southwest of Istanbul in the Sea of Marmara. It was felt in several neighboring regions, reports said.

Two other earthquakes have been recorded in the area, the BBC reports. Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidencey reports that the first earthquake measuring a magnitude of 3.9 hit the coast of the Silivri district at 12.13pm local time (10.31am BST).

The second earthquake of 6.2 magniturde hit the same area area at 12:49pm (10:49am BST). A third quake of 4.4 magnitude in Istanbul’s Buyukcekmece district hit at 12:51pm local time (10:51am BST)

Turkey is crossed by two major fault lines and earthquakes are frequent.

A magnitude 7.8 earthquake on Feb. 6, 2023 – and a second powerful tremor that came hours later – destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 southern and southeastern Turkish provinces, leaving more than 53,000 people dead.

Another 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of neighboring Syria.

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