The epicentre of the earthquake was in the village of Basyurt, near the town of Karakocan, about 550km east of Ankara, the Istanbul-based Kandilli Observatory said.
Epicentar zemljotresa bio je u selu Basjurt, u blizini grada Karakočana, oko 550 km istočno od Ankare, saopštila je Opservatorija Kandili sa sedištem u Istanbulu.