ERBIL, Kurdistan Region of Iraq - A 4.9 magnitude earthquake struck the predominantly Kurdish province of Malatya, southeastern Turkey on Friday morning. According to the country's disaster management agency, there have been no reports of any injuries or casualties. 

The tremor occurred at 10:46 am, at a depth of 12.85 kilometers, Turkey's Disaster Management Authority (AFAD) announced.

The epicenter was about 17 km east of Nurhak, Kahramanmaras Province, according to AFAD.

"AFAD and all teams of our relevant institutions immediately started field scans,” Ali Yerlikaya, Turkey’s minister of the interior said in a post on X. 

Yerlikaya went on to say that the tremor was "also felt in the surrounding provinces of Artvin, Bayburt, Erzurum and Trabzon.”

"According to the initial findings, there is no negative situation," Interior Minister Yerlikaya detailed. "The reports received are being evaluated."

Turkish media reported that light shaking had been felt throughout parts of central and south-central Turkey and northern Syria.

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), however, reported the magnitude of the earthquake as 5.1.

"May God protect our country and our nation from disasters,” the Turkish interior minister wrote.

Malatya was one of the 11 provinces that saw massive destruction during the deadly and devastating February 2023 earthquakes. 

According to data from Turkey’s disaster management agency, over 1,200 people lost their lives, at least 6,400 were wounded, and nearly 36,000 buildings were either destroyed or sustained heavy damage in Malatya during the February 2023 quakes.

The February 2023 tremors killed over 52,000 in Turkey and over 5,000 in neighboring Syria.

Malatya is no stranger to sporadic tremors. Another quake shook the province last month.