People remove the wreckage of a collapsed building following an earthquake in Sindirgi, northwest Turkey, on Aug. 10, 2025. Bahadir Demirceviren/IHA via AP
ISTANBUL—A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir on Sunday, killing at least one person and causing more than a dozen buildings to collapse, officials said. At least 29 people were injured.
The earthquake, with an epicenter in the town of Sindirgi, sent shocks that were felt some 125 miles to the north in Istanbul—a city of more than 16 million people.
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