Building collapsed in Sydirgi, Turkey, due to Sunday, August 10, 2025. Credit: Bahadir Demircevire / AP / Profimedia
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 degrees hit the Siedirgi area in western Turkey on Sunday, according to the announcement made by the Turkish Agency for Disaster Management (AFAD), AFP reports.
The earthquake was felt in several cities in the western part of the country, including Istanbul and in the popular Tourist City Izmir. No deaths were reported following the event.
In Sindirgi, the epicenter of the earthquake, about 10 buildings collapsed, including a three-storey building in the city center, announced Mayor Serkan Sak on Turkish private television.
“Six people lived in this three -storey building. Four were saved from the rubble,” said the mayor, mentioning that the efforts to extract the other two people are underway.
“Buildings and mosques were destroyed, but we have no reports on losses of human lives,” added the mayor of Sydirgi.
According to AFAD, the earthquake was followed by magnitude replicas between 3.5 and 4.6 degrees.
Turkey is crossed by several geological faults that in the past caused catastrophes in the country.
In February 2023, in the southwest of Turkey there was an earthquake in which at least 53,000 died, and Antakya, the place of the ancient city of Antioch, was devastated.
At the beginning of July 2025, a magnitude of 5.8 degrees in the same region resulted in a dead and 69 injured person.
