Isa Toprak
12 October 2020•Update: 12 October 2020
ANKARA
Five earthquakes jolted Turkey's Aegean region on early Monday, according to the nation’s disaster agency.
The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said a magnitude 4.8 quake occurred at 3.30 a.m. local time (0030GMT) at a depth of 6 kilometers (3.7 miles).
It struck 173 kilometers (107 miles) off the coast of Datca district in Turkey’s southwestern province of Mugla.
A second earthquake with a 4.2 magnitude struck in the Aegean Sea at 3.44 a.m. local time, AFAD said.
The Turkish agency reported another earthquake with a 5.0 magnitude in the Aegean Sea at 07.11 a.m. local time.
It said a total of five quakes -- three of them over magnitude 4 -- have occurred in the region since the first one struck at 03.30 a.m. Monday.
No casualties or damage have been reported.
