ANKARA: A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck the Marmaris space of southwestern Türkiye early on Tuesday (Jun 3), killing one teenager and injuring dozens of individuals, the inside minister mentioned.
The quake, which Turkey’s AFAD catastrophe company mentioned struck at 2.17am (7.17am, Singapore time) some 10km off the coast of Marmaris, was additionally felt in Greece and as far-off as Egypt.
A 14-year-old woman died following a panic assault and 70 individuals have been damage within the Mugla province as they rushed to seek out security, together with “some who jumped from a peak”, Inside Minister Ali Yerlikaya mentioned on X.
There have been no preliminary stories of buildings destroyed in residential areas, he mentioned.
“In Fethiye, a 14-year-old woman named Afranur Gunlu was taken to the hospital attributable to a panic assault however, sadly, regardless of all interventions, she handed away,” Yerlikaya mentioned.
Fethiyeh lies round 100km to the east of Marmaris.
Of these injured, 14 have been handled on the scene, eight have been briefly handled then discharged and one other 46 have been being handled in hospital, he mentioned.
Many standard seaside resorts are positioned in Mugla province, together with Marmaris, Bodrum and Fethiye, which welcomed 3.7 million overseas guests in 2024, the Anatolu state information company mentioned.
The earthquake was additionally “broadly felt” in Greece’s Dodecanese islands, the nationwide quake safety authority chief Efthymios Lekkas informed the enikos.gr information portal, saying some vacationers in Rhodes had been pressured to evacuate their accommodations.
However there have been no stories of accidents, he mentioned.
It was additionally felt in Egypt, in keeping with the Nationwide Analysis Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics.
