Moderate quake shakes Turkish capital

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude up to 5.7 shook Turkey's capital on Thursday.

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude up to 5.7 shook Turkey's capital on Thursday, seismologists said, causing damage in at least one village. There were no immediate reports of injuries.

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The quake, which struck at the start of the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival, lasted for a few minutes, and caused apartment
buildings and furniture to sway and chandeliers to fall in Ankara. Turkey's Istanbul-based Kandilli seismology center gave the preliminary magnitude as 5.7 while the US Geological Survey said it was 5.3.

Kandilli said the epicenter of the shallow temblor - which struck at 11:48 a.m. (0948 GMT) - was the town of Bala, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Ankara. There were two smaller quakes, measuring 3.9 and 4.0, earlier in the day.