An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.1 struck western Turkey on Sunday, the country’s disaster management authority AFAD said, according to Reuters. AFAD reported that the quake happened at around 7:53pm local time (16:53 GMT) in Balikesir province, near Istanbul. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in any of the affected provinces. Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said in a post on X that AFAD emergency teams had started inspections in Istanbul and neighbouring provinces, adding that “no negative reports” had been received so far. AFAD said the earthquake struck at a depth of 11 kilometres (6.8 miles). The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) measured the magnitude at 6.19 and the depth at 10 kilometres.