Quake hits Turkish part of Aegean Sea

An earthquake measuring 4.2 on the Richter scale took place in the Turkish part of the Aegean Sea today, the CNN Turk TV channel said on Saturday.

Earthquakes took place in this region on Thursday and Friday measuring 4.6 and 4.2 on the Richter scale, respectively.

Turkey is located in a seismically active zone. The most powerful vibrations of the earth's crust in this country occurred in the Marmara Sea in 1999. The magnitude of the tremors was 7.4. About 18,000 people killed in the earthquake.


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