A series of aftershocks again occurred in the southeast of Turkey, the magnitude of the most powerful was 5.3.
The agency reports Anadoluwrites “European truth“.
The tremors were recorded in the province of Kahramanmarash, with an epicenter near the city of Gyoksun, between 12:19 and 13:04 on Thursday March 23.
The magnitude of the main earthquake reached 5.3, after which there were two aftershocks with a magnitude of about 4. The epicenter was at a depth of about 7 kilometers.
No damage or casualties have yet been reported.
The earthquake is much weaker than the devastating aftershocks of February 6, which led to the death of more than 52 thousand people in Turkey and Syria. Then the magnitude of the strongest earthquake was 7.7.
The Turkish authorities announced a massive investigation and launched mass arrests of developers and contractors whose buildings could not withstand the shocks and completely collapsed.
Recall that at the donor conference organized by the EU, Turkey and Syria promised to allocate all 7 billion euros in aid to overcome the consequences of a natural disaster.
