A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook a region of western Turkey near the Aegean Sea on Monday, the state Anatolian news agency said.

The quake was felt in Izmir, Turkey's third largest city, and surrounding areas, but there were no immediate reports of anybody being hurt or of damage to property, it said.

Turkey is criss-crossed by seismic fault lines and small or moderate earthquakes are an almost daily occurrence here. A powerful quake measuring 7.4 devastated areas of northwestern Turkey near Istanbul in 1999, killing more than 17,000 people.

Turkey sent rescue teams to Pakistan last week to help victims of an earthquake that killed tens of thousands.

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