An Earthquake With A Magnitude Of 6.0 Guncang Turkey: Feelless To Istanbul, Due To Power Outage

Earthquake illustration. (Unsplash/@jensaber)

JAKARTA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 rocked Duzce, Turkey, which was felt throughout the region including Istanbul, waking up and scaring the population less than 10 days after the country held a national earthquake exercise to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Duzce earthquake in 1999, which lasted 30 seconds and killed 710 people.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said the earthquake was centered in the Golyaka District, Duzce and occurred at 4:08 am local time, reported Daily Sabah on November 23.

Duzce Mayor Faruk Ozlu confirmed no casualties were reported, and the quake caused a power outage in the province.

Meanwhile, Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also stressed that no casualties were reported when he expressed his good wishes to those affected.

He noted that emergency services were on standby and the team continued to survey the affected areas.

For most local residents, it was a scary moment to remind them of past disasters.

On November 12, 1999, Bazce was rocked by a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that lasted 30 seconds, killing 710 people and injuring 2,679 people.

The Bazce earthquake came after the August 17, 1999 earthquake that hit the northwestern Turkish city of Izmit, killed 18,373 people and injured 23,781 with a magnitude 7.6 vibration, according to official figures from AFAD.