Al-Marsad Newspaper: The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) reported today, Monday, that areas in the states of Hatay and Malatya were exposed to several earthquakes in the morning, with a magnitude of 4.7 on the Richter scale.
AFAD said that the Hessa region of Hatay state was hit by a 4.7-magnitude earthquake, at 05:23 local time, at a depth of 11.52 km below the surface of the earth.
The Potorg region, in the state of Malatya, was also subjected to two earthquakes of 4.5 degrees at 4:34 local time and at a depth of 8 km. The second tremor was also of 4.5 degrees and occurred at 5:13 local time at a depth of 10 km.
These aftershocks come after two devastating earthquakes that struck southern Turkey and northern Syria, with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6, on the sixth of last February, and were followed by thousands of violent aftershocks.
