Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits Turkey's Malatya province

A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook southeast Turkey's Malatya province on Tuesday, the Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute said.

It said that the earthquake occurred at a depth of 8.16 kilometers (around 5 miles).
On the other hand, Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate (AFAD) said in a separate statement that the quake was magnitude 5.2.

The mayor of Pütürge, at the epicentre of the quake, told broadcaster CNN Turk it had caused some damage, but there were no immediate reports of casualties.

Interior Minister Süleyman Soylu said on Twitter that no damage had been reported so far from the provincial governor's office.

Selahattin Gürkan, mayor of Malatya, said there were no fatalities or loss of property in the area according to the initial reports received from the region.

He added that the buildings, which had been damaged in previous earthquakes in the district, were damaged more by the current quake.

"Gendarmerie and AFAD teams are in communication with neighborhoods," Malatya Governor Aydın Baruş told Anadolu Agency, adding that they have not heard of any negative development so far.

He also said the earthquake was felt across the province.

Meanwhile, the earthquake was also felt in neighboring provinces such as Diyarbakır, Batman, Elazığ, Siirt, Kahramanmaraş, Adıyaman, Şanlıurfa, and Gaziantep.