Powerful 6.2 magnitude earthquake shakes Turkiye’s Istanbul

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According to Turkiye’s Disaster and Emergency Authority (AFAD), the earthquake registered a preliminary magnitude of 6.2% in the Marmara Sea off the coast of Istanbul’s Silvri region on Wednesday at 12:49 [09:49 GMT].

The German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ) reported that it was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) deep.

Three more quakes, ranging in magnitudes from 4. 4 to 4. 9, were reported on XAFAD, after the initial quake.

An AFP correspondent reported that as buildings shook, people rushed onto the streets where worried-looking people waited for answers or called their cell phones.

A decorator who was unnamed and working near the city’s Galata Tower said, “I just felt earthquake, I have to get out.”

No damage was reported right away, but people urged people to leave their homes as the city’s buildings slammed in the Bosphorus strait, both from Europe and Asia. One person was hurt when they jumped off a balcony during a public holiday in Turkiye, according to a report from the radio station TGRT.

The mayor of Istanbul’s Kucukcekmece district, Kemal Cebi, claimed there are “no negative developments yet” and that many buildings are already in danger as a result of the area’s density.

Interior Minister of Turkiye Ali Yerlikaya stated that “field assessments” have been underway and wished the victims well.

Istanbul Marmara Denizi Silivri’de 6 2️⃣ büyüklüğünde bir deprem meydana gelmiştir. evre illerden de hissedilen depremle ilgili olarak, AFAD, and ilgili kurumlarmzn tüm ekipleri saha taramalarna başlamştr.

Depremden etkilen vatandaşlarmza geçmiş olsun dileklerimi…

People in the area were cautioned against entering damaged buildings by AFAD.

According to AFP journalists in Sofia, the tremors could be felt as far away as Bulgaria.

Two significant fault lines, which are frequently causing earthquakes, divide Turkey.

In 11 southern and southeast Turkish provinces, more than 53, 000 people were killed in a magnitude 7.8 earthquake on February 6, 2023, and a second, powerful tremor hours later, causing destruction or damage to hundreds of thousands of buildings. In neighboring Syria’s northern regions, another 6, 000 people were killed.

Istanbul’s earthquake was unrelated, but the destruction of the city heightened fears of a similar quake, with experts citing the city’s proximity to fault lines.

Both the national government and local administrations started urban reconstruction initiatives to strengthen buildings in danger and launch campaigns to destroy buildings in danger of collapse in an effort to protect against damage from future earthquakes.