An earthquake of 6.1 magnitude struck the Sindirgi district of Balikesir province in Turkey over the weekend. A total of seven aftershocks with a magnitude above 3.0 have occurred since then.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Turkey’s northwestern province of Balikesir, killing at least one person and causing about a dozen buildings to collapse.

More than 50,000 people were killed in February 2023 when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake impacted both Turkey and Syria, which Erdoğan called “the disaster of the century.” A tropical rainstorm is predicted to evolve into a hurricane this week over the Atlantic Ocean. The next named storm will be called Erin.