The director of Türkiye’s catastrophe administration authority warns of extra aftershocks after two devastating earthquakes that struck the nation’s southeastern area on February 6.
(AA)
The variety of aftershocks following the 2 earthquakes that struck southeastern Türkiye on February 6 has reached over 6,000, an official from the Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD) stated.
“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 on Sunday.
Warning of extra aftershocks after the devastating earthquakes struck southeastern 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 metres (24 ft). That is a “very serious number. The quakes also unleashed a great deal of energy,” he added.
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The affect of those earthquakes reached 110,000 sq. kilometres and brought about injury 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 lightning throughout quakes is “quite normal.”
At least 41,020 folks have been killed by the 2 sturdy earthquakes that jolted southeastern Türkiye on February 6, the nation’s catastrophe administration company stated Sunday.
The 7.7 and seven.6 magnitude earthquakes, centred in Kahramanmaras province, affected greater than 13 million folks throughout 11 provinces, together with Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Gaziantep, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye, Elazig and Sanliurfa.
In Syria, a minimum of 5,840 folks have been killed.
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Source: AA
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