Turkey Earthquake News: Amidst the Iran war, there is unrest in another Muslim country. However, this disturbance is not due to war, but due to earthquake. Yes, a strong earthquake occurred in Turkey today i.e. on Friday. According to Turkey’s emergency service, a moderate intensity earthquake occurred in central Turkey.
The intensity of this earthquake has been measured at 5.5. As soon as this earthquake struck, there was an outcry in Türkiye. People started running out of their homes. People saw household items moving for a long time.
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Seismological Center said that a 5.5 magnitude earthquake occurred in central Türkiye on Friday. According to EMSC, this earthquake was 35 kilometers i.e. 21.75 miles. Came at a depth of. After the earthquake, some residents came out of their homes and came onto the streets. However, till now no information of any kind of damage has been received from this strong earthquake.
According to the Disaster and Emergency Management Agency-AFAD, the epicenter of the 5.5 magnitude earthquake was at a depth of 6.4 kilometers in Niksar city of Tokat province. AFAD said that the earthquake occurred at 3:35 pm local time on Thursday and was felt in several provinces. However, ‘no adverse events’ were reported.
Turkey is located in an earthquake prone area and is located on top of a major ‘fault line’ where earthquakes occur frequently. In 2023, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey killed more than 53,000 people and destroyed or damaged millions of buildings in the southern and southeastern provinces. 6,000 people were also killed in northern parts of neighboring Syria.
Let us tell you that earlier there had been earthquakes in Iran. There was a strong earthquake in Iran on March 7. This earthquake occurred in the early morning west of Bandar Abbas in Iran. People were scared by the shock of this earthquake. The intensity of this earthquake was measured at 4.4 on the Richter scale.
Even before this, there was a strong earthquake in the southern part of Iran. The intensity of that earthquake was measured at 4.3 magnitude on the Richter scale. This earthquake occurred in Gerash located in the southern part of Fars province of Iran. The USGS said the earthquake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 mi).
