Five quakes shake Aegean Sea off Muğla coast

Five quakes shake Aegean Sea off Muğla coast

ANKARA-Anadolu Agency
Five quakes shake Aegean Sea off Muğla coast

Five earthquakes jolted Turkey's Aegean region early on Oct. 12, according to the nation's disaster agency.

The Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) said a magnitude 4.8 quake occurred at 3.30 a.m. local time (0030GMT) at a depth of 6 kilometers (3.7 miles).

It struck 173 kilometers (107 miles) off the coast of Datça district in Turkey's southwestern province of Muğla.

A second earthquake with a 4.2 magnitude struck in the Aegean Sea at 3.44 a.m. local time, AFAD said. 

The Turkish agency reported another earthquake with a 5.0 magnitude in the Aegean Sea at 07.11 a.m. local time.

It said a total of five quakes - three of them over magnitude 4 - have occurred in the region since the first one struck at 03.30 a.m. on Oct. 12.

No casualties or damage have been reported.