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A 5.9-magnitude earthquake partly collapsed some buildings and one mosque in western Turkey on Friday, killing at least five people and injuring more than 70 according to authorities. (May 20)
Two people were killed in a  5.9 earthquake in Turkey shortly before midnight local time on Thursday. The  was located in , , and was at a depth of 7.6 km. In the hours following the initial earthquake, Kütahya was shaken by several aftershocks.

Officials said two people were killed; one was thought to have suffered a  and the other died after jumping from a window in panic. Dozens more were injured. Emergency services dispatched  and gave out blankets, food and water. Officials said a  had not been damaged by the earthquake, and it posed "no risk."

The earthquake was felt as far away as the Aegean province of , the northwestern provinces of  and İstanbul, and even the city of , not far from the Bulgarian and Greek and borders, because the depth was very shallow. More than 18,000 people died following two earthquakes with a magnitude of more than 7.0 in northwestern Turkey in 1999.