strong earthquake, magnitude 6.1 Richter occurred at 9.48 pm in Turkey. According to the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD), the epicenter is located in the Sindirci area of ​​Balikesir, Marmara District, while the focal depth it is 5.99 kilometers. There are reports of three or more buildings collapsing. According to the first information, these buildings were empty, as they had been deemed dangerous, after the recent earthquake two months ago, with the same epicenter.

There is a power outage in the area, while there was a brief stoppage of flights in the vicinity for checks on the runways.

The earthquake was also felt in surrounding areas such as Constantinople, Smyrna and Prussia, while strong aftershocks followed.

Two months ago we had an earthquake in exactly the same spot, the professor of Geology and president of OASP told SKAI Efthymios Lekkas. The earthquake has nothing to do with the Istanbul fault, he clarified.