Published February 20,2023
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Two earthquakes jolted Türkiye’s southernmost Hatay province on Monday, simply two weeks after main quakes hit the area, the nation’s catastrophe administration company mentioned.
According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), one of many quakes passed off at round 8.04 p.m. native time (1704GMT) within the Defne district of Hatay, with a magnitude of 6.4, whereas the opposite passed off three minutes later, with the epicenter in Hatay’s Samandağ province, with a magnitude of 5.8.
The first quake passed off at a depth of 16.7 kilometers (10.4 miles), whereas the second was at a depth of seven km (4.3 miles). Both had been felt in surrounding areas.
The quakes of two weeks in the past, although centered in Kahramanmaraş, 100 kilometers or extra from Hatay, triggered in depth injury in Hatay.
AFAD issued warnings urging residents to keep away from coastal areas as a precaution in opposition to the danger of an increase within the sea degree, which may attain as much as 50 centimeters (1.6 ft).
Turkish Vice President Fuat Oktay known as on residents within the area to keep away from broken buildings as authorities scan the affected areas.
Anadolu correspondents reported that some buildings have collapsed after the earthquakes, which had been additionally felt in neighboring Syria.
On Feb. 6, magnitude 7.7 and seven.6 quakes centered in Kahramanmaraş struck 10 different provinces-Hatay, Gaziantep, Malatya, Şanlıurfa, Adana, Adıyaman, Diyarbakır, Kilis, Osmaniye, and Elazığ. More than 13 million individuals have been affected by the devastating quakes.
At least 41,000 individuals had been killed by the large earthquakes in Türkiye, in response to the newest official figures. Thousands of others had been injured.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
