The epicenter was identified in the Marmara Sea, with a depth of 10 km

April 23 – 16:18 – MILAN

The land in Türkiye trembles. A day, Wednesday 23 April, shortly after 12 Violent 6.2 shock of magnitude with an epicenter in the Marmara Sea About 40 kilometers away from Istanbul. According to the research institutes there were three shocks over 10 minutes the first of 6.2, followed by two others one of 4.4 magnitude and a third of 4.9. Subsequently, further outbuilding shocks occurred, of which the strongest of magnitude 5.3. In total there would have been at least Eight shocks of magnitude between 3.5 and 5.9 After the strongest 6.2.

earthquake in Türkiye, no damage

The agency for the management of disasters and emergencies invited the population to stay away from buildings, fortunately there seem to have been neither victims nor relevant damage, according to the local media there would only be a person who was injured after having jumped by a balcony and some small collapse to some buildings. There area affected in a stronger way was that of the municipality of Silivri. The Turkish president Erdogan He communicated that they are following the developments of what happened by wishing the best wishes to the people affected by the shock. Turkish Minister of Transport Abdulkadir Uraological He stressed that there are no damage or difficulty situations along the highways, in airports, metropolitans or stations. “No negative event has been brought back to our emergency center and our hospitals,” said the Minister of Health. The Turkish media have reported some difficulties in telephone connections and internet connections with megalopolis overlooking the Bosphorus.

the previous one

The mind went immediately to the devastating Earthquake of February 6, 2023 When Turkey was affected by a violent earthquake of 7.8 magnitude which, according to estimates, released an energy equal to 32 atomic bombs launched on Hiroshima. That earthquake destroyed thousands of buildings in 11 provinces of southern Türkiye causing the death of 53 thousand people to whom 6 thousand victims were added to Syria. Hundreds of dead had also been in Istanbul.



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