"The epicenter of the earthquake, which occurred at 16.38 (Moscow time), was in the area of ​​the city of Marmara Ereglisi at a depth of 6.8 kilometers in the Sea of ​​Marmara," RIA Novosti quotes a statement from the Turkish Emergency Management Agency (AFAD).

Earlier, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.9 occurred in the Irkutsk region.