More than a thousand buildings were slightly damaged after Wednesday's earthquake in Istanbul, Turkey's Minister of Urbanization and Environment Murat said.

"According to the results of the damage assessment, 15,013 buildings in 39 districts of Istanbul have been inspected, of which 1,025 are slightly damaged and over 12,300 are undamaged," Kurum said on social media.

The damage assessment is continuing, the minister noted. He did not specify the condition of about 1,500 buildings.

Most reports of damage from citizens came from densely populated neighborhoods in the western part of the city - Bahçelievler and Esenler. Earlier, authorities reported one collapsed abandoned building in the Fatih neighborhood, with no injuries.

According to the Turkish Disaster Management Agency (AFAD), at 12:49 p.m. Bulgarian time on Wednesday, there was a 6.2-magnitude earthquake in the Sea of Marmara, off the coast of Istanbul, followed by aftershocks. As a result of the disaster, 236 people were affected, but there were no casualties or major damage. The noticeable aftershocks will continue for some time, seismologists said earlier. In particular, dozens of aftershocks were recorded on Friday, one of them with a magnitude of 4.3. І BGNES