Two dead as earthquake strikes Kütahya, Turkey

May 22, 2011

Two people were killed in a 5.9 earthquake in Turkey shortly before midnight local time on Thursday. The was located in, , and was at a depth of 7.6 km. In the hours following the initial earthquake, Kütahya was shaken by several aftershocks.

Officials said two people were killed; one was thought to have suffered a and the other died after jumping from a window in panic. Dozens more were injured. Emergency services dispatched and gave out blankets, food and water. Officials said a had not been damaged by the earthquake, and it posed "no risk."

The earthquake was felt as far away as the Aegean province of, the northwestern provinces of and İstanbul, and even the city of , not far from the Bulgarian and Greek and borders, because the depth was very shallow. More than 18,000 people died following two earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7.0 in northwestern Turkey in 1999.