A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck western Turkey near the town of Duzce, approximately 210 kilometres (130 miles) east of Turkey’s largest city, Istanbul.
The tremors were strong enough to be felt in Istanbul and Ankara, Turkey’s capital. According to officials, at least 50 people were injured.
The depth of the quake has been estimated to be between 2 and 10 kilometres.
The region’s power was out, and one resident was injured after jumping from their balcony.
A second 4.7 magnitude earthquake was reported 20 minutes after the first.
Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu told broadcaster TRT Haber there was no severe damage caused by the quake, “only some barns were wrecked in these places”.
Authorities are working to restore power to the area.
Turkey’s disaster agency said 37 had been injured in Duzce, one in Istanbul, six in Zonguldak and one in Sakarya on the Black Sea coast, and one in Bolu, to the southeast.
Photos from Duzce at night show many people huddled outdoors, wrapped in blankets and using makeshift fires to keep warm.
Security camera footage of the earthquake has been posted on social media.
Footage of the moment 5,9 magnitude #quake hit Düzce in northern Turkey. Tremors also felt across Istanbul and Ankara. 18 aftershocks recorded. No casualties or major damage reported so far. In Nov 99 in a 7,2 quake that hit Düzce over 800 ppl were killed pic.twitter.com/PUkZxGjl9N
— Selin Girit (@selingirit) November 23, 2022
The Duzce court house was among the eight buildings damaged in the area.
Duzce resident, Fatma Colak told AFP she woke to a “big noise and tremor”.
“We got out of our homes in panic and now we are waiting outside,” she said.
Duzce was hit by a major 7.2 magnitude earthquake in 1999 which left at least 845 people dead.
It followed an even larger quake months earlier in the city of Izmit, 100km to the west, which killed more than 17,000 and left buildings in the region in a weakened state.
Some 80% of Duzce’s buildings have been rebuilt since the 1999 earthquakes, the city’s mayor told local media.