ISTANBUL, August 1. /TASS/. A magnitude 6.1 earthquake rocked western Turkey, the country’s emergencies authority said.

The quake with an epicenter in the Balikesir province was registered at 7:53 p.m. local time (4:53 p.m. GMT). No casualties or damage were immediately reported.

Later, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirmed that the earthquake caused no negative consequences. Earth tremors, in his words, were felt in Istanbul.