Earthquake 5.9 SR Guncang Turkey, People Scattered Out Of Buildings

The impact of the earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in 2023. (X @SyrianACD)

JAKARTA - An earthquake measuring 5.9 on a richter scale rocked Kale City in Malatya Province, Turkey, Wednesday, October 16 at 10:46 local time.

The television news agency HaberTurk via AFP reported that people scattered out of their homes and offices when the earthquake occurred.

They waited on the streets and parks, reluctant to return home worried about aftershocks.

Teaching and learning activities in schools in Elazig City have stopped. The students were sent home.

The government-run president of Disaster and Emergency Management (AFAD) said the earthquake in Kale was felt to the closest cities such as Diyarbakir, Elazig, Erzincan, and Tunceli.

AFAD also informed that there was no incoming data regarding casualties, injuries or damage to buildings.

Mayor of Malatya Sami Er told Anadolu news agency officials were still recording possible damage in more remote areas.

Malatya is known to be one of 11 provinces in Turkey that was destroyed by a devastating earthquake in parts of Turkey and northern Syria in 2023. More than 53,000 people died in Turkey as a result of the earthquake.