Magnitude 5.2 earthquake shakes eastern Turkey

The earthquake struck at 17:48 (UTC) on Thursday, located 10 kilometers South South West (SSW) of Turkey's Malatya, as reported by EMSC. The earthquake's depth was measured at 10.9 kilometers.

Ankara: An earthquake of magnitude 5.2 jolted eastern Turkey on Thursday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.

The earthquake occurred at 10 kilometres South South West (SSW) of Turkey’s Malatya at 17:48 (UTC) on Thursday, according to EMSC. The depth of the earthquake was registered at a depth of 10.9 kilometres. Taking to its Twitter handle, EMSC stated, “#Earthquake 10 km SW of #Malatya (#Turkey) 19 min ago (local time 20:48:00).

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Updated map – Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses.” No reports of casualties or material damage are known yet.