A strong earthquake occurred on Wednesday morning in Turkey. According to the first information, the earthquake shook eastern Turkey.
The seismic tremor was 5.9 on the Richter scale, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center.
The epicenter is located 45 km east of the city of Malatea and the focal depth is estimated at 9 km.
The EMSC announcement
#Earthquake (#earthquake) confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M6.3 || 27 km S of #Baskil (#Turkey) || 3 min ago (local time 10:46:32). Follow the thread for the updates👇 pic.twitter.com/jR0zRP3Xwn
— EMSC (@LastQuake) October 16, 2024
AFAD (Turkey’s emergency agency) announced that the earthquake was centered in Malatya, and was felt in Diyarbakir and Elazig.
AFAD’s announcement
#EARTHQUAKE
Size:5.9 (Mw)
Location:Kale (Malatya)
Date:2024-10-16
Time:10:46:31 TSİ
Enlem:38.36583 N
Boylam:38.79611 E
Depth:10.07 km
Detay:https://t.co/BCPiFDMOqD@afadbaskanlik @trthaber @anadoluajansi— AFAD Earthquake (@DepremDairesi) October 16, 2024
“No calls for help recorded”
The prefect of Elazig, Nouman Hatipoglou, said that so far no calls from citizens for help have been recorded. The mayor of Malatia, Sami Er., said the same.
The region was hit on February 6, 2023 by twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6, centered on Kahramanmaras in eastern Turkey, which flattened 13 provinces, over an area larger than mainland Greece. This was the worst earthquake Turkey has experienced in the last century.
The region was hit on February 6, 2023 by twin earthquakes of magnitude 7.7 and 7.6, centered on Kahramanmaras in eastern Turkey, which flattened 13 provinces, over an area larger than mainland Greece. This was the worst earthquake Turkey has experienced in the last century.
First estimates by Turkish seismologists speak of a new independent earthquake and not an aftershock of the February 6 tremor.
🚨🚨 Big breaking
Very strong magnitude approx 5.3 to 5.5 , earthquake has been recorded – 18 km W of Doğanyol, Turkey, on Wednesday, Oct 16, 2024, at 10:46 am (Istanbul time) …
Turkey nd Syria experienced tremor of it’s land…#earthquake #turkey #Lebanon #Hezbollah… pic.twitter.com/ltT0Rtb9KU
— Geography🌏🏞️ (@GeoStatics7372) October 16, 2024
The post of the Turkish Minister of the Interior, Ali Gerlikaya
“AFAD and all the teams of our competent bodies have started checks on the 5.9 Richter earthquake that occurred in the Kale region of Malatya. We are closely monitoring the developments” states in his post, among others, the Turkish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Ali Gerlikaya.
AFAD and all teams of our relevant institutions started field scanning in the earthquake of 5️⃣.9️⃣ in Malatya’s Kale district.
We are closely following the developments regarding the earthquake, which was also felt in the surrounding provinces.
Get well soon to our citizens affected by the earthquake… pic.twitter.com/1zD5b4vvgn
— Ali Yerlikaya (@AliYerlikaya) October 16, 2024
#Richter #earthquake #Turkey #estimates #seismologists #Watch #video
