According to the Turkish disaster management agency (AFAD), a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Sindirgi in western Turkey on Sunday killed at least one person and injured scores more.
Istanbul and the popular vacation destination of Izmir were among the western cities that felt the tremors.
“An 81-year-old person died soon after having been rescued from under the rubble,” Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya informed reporters at the earthquake’s epicentre, Sindirgi.
He said that 29 other individuals had been hurt, although not badly.
16 structures in Sindirgi and the surrounding area were destroyed by the earthquake, four of which were occupied, including a three-story structure in the heart of the city, he said.
