A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit southeast Turkey on Thursday causing damage to some homes.
The quake struck the town of Ozalp, in Van province, near Turkey’s border with Iran, at a depth of 6.9 kilometers (4.3 miles), Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency reported.
There were no immediate reports of any casualties, however, it was felt in neighboring provinces, according to HaberTurk news channel.
Gov. Mehmet Emin Bilmez said the quake knocked down parts of a house in a village near Ozalp and damaged some homes in the town.
“Apart from that, we have no loss of lives,” he said, The Associated Press reported.
Turkey is crossed by two major fault lines, and earthquakes are frequent.
The country's worst quake in decades was in 1999, when a pair of strong earthquakes struck in the northwest, killing around 18,000 people.
