Shallow M5.7 earthquake hits western Turkey, damaging buildings - 3 people injured



A moderate 5.7 magnitude earthquake shook Turkey’s western province of Denizli on March 20, 2019, damaging some buildings and knocking bricks and tiles to the ground in the rural area, according to witnesses, officials and the Turkish quake monitor. It was followed by some 30 aftershocks, the strongest measuring 4.2.


Gov. Hasan Karahan said three people were hurt by falling bricks or after jumping from balconies. There were howerver no immediate reports of death.
Turkey’s Kandilli Observatory said the earthquake, which stuck at 9:34 a.m.(0634 GMT), was 5 km (3 miles) deep and followed by four aftershocks between 4.2 and 3.4 magnitude and plenty of smaller tremors.
The United States Geological Survey said it was 5.7 magnitude while the European monitoring service measured it at 6.4 magnitude.
“This is the biggest quake that I felt, I was outside but it was shaking very much,” Sahin Agah, 30, resident of the town of Acipayam near the epicenter, told Reuters by phone.


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“I saw some roof tiles, bricks and solar water heaters fell from the roofs. There are some cracks in buildings. I did not see any building collapsed. Everyone is outside,” Agah said.