Six people were injured on Friday when an earthquake measuring 4,6 on the Richter scale shook the eastern Turkish town of Dogubeyazit close to the border with Iran, a local official said.
The tremor, which caused minor damage, struck at 10.14am local time with an epicentre 18km north-east of the town, according to the Istanbul-based Kandilli seismological institute.
”Six people were injured when they jumped from windows and balconies at the time of the tremor,” the town’s governor, Nurullah Cakir, told the Anatolia news agency.
Reports from rural villages suggested some houses there had toppled in the quake, he added.
Turkey is crossed by several major fault lines, and earthquakes are frequent.
On July 2 a quake measuring 5,1 points on the Richter scale hit a nearby rural area, killing 18 people. — Sapa-AFP