Published February 20,2023
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The variety of aftershocks following the 2 earthquakes that struck southern Türkiye on Feb. 6 has reached over 6,000, an official from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) stated Sunday.
“The number of aftershocks caused by the two earthquakes has reached 6,040. Among them, 1,628 aftershocks were measured as a magnitude of 3-4, 436 of them with a magnitude of 4-5, and 40 with a magnitude of 5-6. There was also a 6.6 magnitude quake,” Orhan Tatar, the final director of earthquake and threat discount at AFAD, stated at a media briefing in southern Kahramanmaras province.
Warning of extra aftershocks after the devastating earthquakes struck southern Türkiye, Tatar stated: “Especially after earthquakes of this magnitude, aftershocks will continue for a longer period of time. Some of these aftershocks may have a magnitude 5 and above.”
As a results of the earthquakes, the earth’s crust moved by 7.3 meters (24 ft). That is a “very serious number. The quakes also unleashed a great deal of energy,” he added.
The affect of those earthquakes reached 110,000 sq. kilometers (42,471 sq. miles) and brought on harm in lots of provinces and districts, he stated.
Addressing claims on social media of flashes of sunshine within the sky resembling lightning bolts through the earthquakes, he stated intense lightening throughout quakes is “quite normal.”
At least 41,020 individuals have been killed by the 2 sturdy earthquakes that jolted southern Türkiye on Feb. 6, the nation’s catastrophe administration company stated Sunday.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes, centered in Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million individuals throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa.
In Syria, not less than 5,840 individuals have been killed.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
