Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake jolted Turkey's western province of Manisa on Feb. 2, according to the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) said an earthquake took place in the Mediterranean Sea off southwestern Turkish shores on Jan. 28.

In a Twitter post, AFAD said: ""#EARTHQUAKE: An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 occurred at 18.38 [1538GMT] in the Mediterranean Sea off [southwestern] Marmaris shores."

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to 41, the country's disaster relief agency said on Jan. 27.

The 6.8-magnitude quake shook eastern Elazığ province late on Jan. 24. Tremors were also felt in neighboring countries including Syria and Georgia.

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in eastern Turkey has risen to 38, the country's disaster relief agency said on Jan. 26.

The 6.8-magnitude quake shook eastern Elazığ province late on Jan. 24. Tremors were also felt in neighboring countries including Syria and Georgia.

A 4.3 magnitude earthquake was registered this morning in the Aegean near the Turkish Canakkale coast, Turkish private NTV reported.

According to data from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), the quake occurred at 2.55 today near the resort town of Ayvacik.

The earthquake was at a depth of 28 km and a distance of about 25 km from Ayvacik.

A magnitude 4 earthquake shook southwestern Turkey on Sept. 29, according to the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) has issued a guide to inform citizens about the precautions to take while swimming as the summer season nears.

Scientists have raised objections to a new earthquake hazard map updated by the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey (AFAD) over concerns that the map did not revise risk areas accurately.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Van province in southeast Turkey early June 23, according to the country's Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD).

Some 150,000 out of 3.5 million Syrians have returned to Syria from Turkey over the past year-and-a-half, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD) chair Mehmet Güllüoğlu has said.