<div style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>A magnitude-6.1 earthquake struck northwest Turkey during Wednesday's early hours, the US Geological Survey said.</b></span><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The shallow tremor struck about 170 kilometres (105 miles) east of Istanbul, the country's largest city, according to the USGS.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">It gave a time of 4:08 am (0108 GMT) and a depth of 10 km. The USGS uses a "fixed depth" of 10 km when initial quake data is "too poor to compute", according to its website.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu posted on Twitter that there was no information on loss of life.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">Turkey is situated in one of the world's most active earthquake zones.</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">A magnitude 6.8 quake hit Elazig in January 2020, killing more than 40 people. AFP</div><div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>