Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 5
By Rufiz Hafizoglu - Trend:
A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck Turkey's Malatya province, Trend reports via Turkish media.
The earthquake hit the province at 08:18 (local time, GMT+3).
No victims or damages were reported. Tremors were also recorded in several other provinces of Turkey, according to reports.
Turkey is located in the seismically active zone, and the country often suffers strong earthquakes, which often lead to casualties.
The strongest fluctuations of the Earth's crust in Turkey were recorded in 1999 in the Marmara Sea region. The magnitude of the tremors that time was 7.4 points and caused the death of more than 18,000 people.
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