Earthquake of magnitude 6.1 strikes Turkey

According to local media reports, cited by Reuters, the quake was felt across multiple provinces.

Turkey's AFAD said the quake occurred at around 7:53pm local time in the Balikesir province, near Istanbul, the country's biggest city.

It added that there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage in any of the affected provinces.

On X, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote that emergency teams from AFAD started inspections around Istanbul and the neighbouring provinces, but no negative reports had come through so far.