Southeast Turkey Struck by Another Earthquake

The European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) said that a magnitude 4.9 earthquake struck in the province of Kahramanmaras in southeastern Turkey.

The center said in a statement that the earthquakes were recorded at 0:39 UTC (3:39 Moscow time).

The epicenter of these shocks occurred nine kilometers southwest of the city of Gokson, and its epicenter was at a depth of 5 kilometers.

Information about injuries or property damage as a result of new aftershocks has not yet been reported.

On February 6, two strong earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 hit southern Turkey and northern Syria, followed by thousands of strong tremors that killed tens of thousands of people and caused massive property damage.

Source: News

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