A 6.1 tremor in the west of the country hit the town of Sindirgi and nearby cities, causing damage, collapses and mobilizing rescue equipment in the region.
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 shook the town of Sindirgi in Türkiye, leaving at least one dead, 29 injured and about ten collapsed buildingsaccording to the Disaster and Emergencies Management Agency (AFAD). The tremor felt in Istanbul and in tourism Izmirfollowed by a magnitude replica 4.6.
An old woman died after being rescued alive from the debris, the Interior Minister reported, Ali Yerlikaya. Four more people were saved from a collapsed building. Yerlikaya explained that 16 buildings collapsedmost abandoned, and that two mosque minarets They also collapsed. None of the injured is in serious danger.
“Ten buildings collapsed in our district. We managed to rescue four people who were in a collapsed property and we worked to reach two more. The pharmacy located under the building was completely destroyed. There are landslides in many neighborhoods. We have not received news from some places, ”he said Serkan Sak, Mayor of Sindirgi.
In X, Yerlikaya said: “All teams in AFAD and the relevant institutions made immediate searches on the field. No undesirable event has been detected so far. ”
Four injured were hospitalized without vital risk, as confirmed by Yerlikaya and the Minister of Health, Kemal Memisoglu. The governor of Istanbul, Davut Gul, He said there were no problems in the city, but that controls and prevention follow.
The authorities continue to evaluate damage and provide assistance. Television images showed rescue teams asking for silence to listen to possible signs of life under the rubble.
President Rece Tayyip Erdogan expressed in a statement his desire for prompt recovery for those affected: “May God protect our country from any type of disaster,” he wrote in X.
Türkiye, a country with seismic history
Türkiye is crossed by Geological failures They have caused serious disasters. In February 2023, an earthquake in the southwest caused at least 53,000 dead and destroyed Antakya, ancient city of Antioch.
In July, a tremor of magnitude 5.8 in that region left a deceased person and 69 injured.
The region of Marmara records seismic history: on August 17, 1999, an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 caused 19,000 dead and 50,000 injured.
Source: Ambito
