A second earthquake, measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale, jolted the Turkish province of Konya on Friday, triggering new panic, Anatolia news agency reported.
The quake struck at 4:58 am (0158 GMT) with an epicentre near the town of Selcuklu, more than seven hours after a first tremor measuring 4.5 struck with the same epicentre, the Istanbul-based Kandilli observatory said.
Hundreds of people went to hospitals after both tremors, most of them complaining of shock and a small number suffering from minor injuries sustained after jumping out of balconies or windows, Anatolia said.
Residents of the central province's main city which bears the same name spent the rest of the evening outdoors under blankets or in cars, it added.
Earthquakes are frequent in Turkey, which is crossed by several major fault lines. Two violent earthquakes in the heavily populated, industrialised northwest claimed about 20,000 lives in August and November 1999.
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