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Nearly nine hours after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Turkey and Syria, another strong tremor of magnitude 7.5 shook the region, impacting the ongoing search and rescue efforts.
Since the first earthquake at 4:17 am local time on Monday, 6 February, dozens of aftershocks – including one of the magnitude 6.7 – have been shaking Turkey and neighbouring countries of Syria, Lebanon, and Cyprus.
More than 1,300 people have been killed and at least 6,000 have been injured in Turkey and Syria after the earthquake toppled hundreds of buildings. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centred about 33 kilometers from Gaziantep in southeastern Turkey near the Syrian border. It was 18 kilometers deep, the USGS data showed.
At least 34 aftershocks have followed since then.
List of Aftershocks in Turkey
5.6 - 23 km NE of Musabeyli, Turkey
6.7 - Central Turkey
5.6 - 16 km S of Nurdağı, Turkey
5.1 - 6 km ESE of Hasanbeyli, Turkey
4.8 - 23 km SW of Pazarcık, Turkey
5.5 - 2 km S of Tut, Turkey
4.8 - 10 km SSW of Nurdağı, Turkey
5.2 - 21 km E of Nurdağı, Turkey
4.6 - 15 km E of Denizciler, Turkey
4.7 - 20 km NW of Sincik, Turkey
4.5 - 1 km SSE of Pazarcık, Turkey
4.4 - 6 km NW of Sincik, Turkey
4.8 - 18 km N of Sincik, Turkey
4.3 - 11 km ENE of Çağlayancerit, Turkey
4.4 - 22 km N of Sincik, Turkey
4.5 - 3 km ENE of Pazarcık, Turkey
5.0 - eastern Turkey
4.3 - 14 km W of Gölbaşı, Turkey
4.4 - 8 km SW of Hassa, Turkey
4.6 - 3 km S of Tut, Turkey
4.6 - 3 km E of Anayazı, Turkey
4.5 - eastern Turkey
4.6 - 14 km W of İskenderun, Turkey
4.8 - 14 km SE of Çağlayancerit, Turkey
4.6 - 12 km SE of Aşağı Karafakılı, Turkey
4.5 - 14 km SSW of Aşağı Karafakılı, Turkey
4.8 - 7 km SW of Pazarcık, Turkey
4.6 - Turkey-Syria border region
4.3 - Central Turkey
7.5 - 4 km SSE of Ekinözü, Turkey
5.8 - 13 km SW of Doğanşehir, Turkey
5.7 - eastern Turkey
5.0 - 6 km W of Pazarcık, Turkey
4.9 - 8 km N of Çağlayancerit, Turkey
6.0 - Central Turkey
4.8 - 7 km SSW of Nurhak, Turkey
4.9 - 9 km N of Çelikhan, Turkey
4.7 - 8 km N of Çelikhan, Turkey
4.9 - 20 km SW of Göksun, Turkey
(Source: USGS)
Worst Earthquake Since 1999
The region sits on top of major seismic fault lines and Turkey is frequently shaken by earthquakes. Monday’s earthquake is worst since 1999 in Turkey, when nearly 18,000 were killed in a powerful earthquake of similar magnitude that hit the northwest part of the country.
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