Over 100 houses damaged in earthquake in Turkey

Two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.3 jolted Turkey's northern Aegean coast on Monday
Monday, 06 February 2017 18:10

Two earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes of 5.3 jolted Turkey's northern Aegean coast on Monday, damaging dozens of homes in at least five villages and injuring at least five people.

More than 100 houses were damaged in the earthquake that hit the northwestern Turkish province of Çanakkale. 

The first quake was centered beneath the Aegean off the coast from the town of Ayvacık in Çanakkale and struck at 6:51 a.m. (0351 GMT). The second temblor occurred at 1:58 p.m. (1058 GMT) and was centered in Ayvacık.