ISTANBUL: A moderate earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 shook Sirnak province in southeast Turkey yesterday.
There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties in the quake, whose epicenter was at Silopi, near the Iraqi border. The US Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 5.3.
Earthquakes are a daily occurrence in Turkey, which is crisscrossed by geological fault lines. In October last year, more than 600 people died in the eastern province of Van after a quake of 7.2 magnitude and powerful aftershocks.