A 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit Turkey on Sunday, causing dozens of reports of damage and at least one collapsed building and rescue operations.

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake has struck Turkey's northwestern province of Balikesir, causing about a dozen buildings to collapse.

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake in western Turkey toppled at least one building at its epicenter on Sunday evening, sending shock waves as far as Istanbul, over 120 miles away. Many people in the cities and towns who felt the tremor fled into the streets in panic,