Western Turkey has barely had time to recover from one quake before the next one hits. On Monday night, panic swept through the province of Balikesir after a 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck the town of Sindirgi, toppling weakened buildings and sending terrified residents into the streets as torrential rain poured down.
The tremor, which hit shortly before 11 p.m. local time, was strong enough to be felt as far as Istanbul and the nearby provinces of Bursa, Manisa and Izmir.
