A new earthquake occurred this Monday, February 20, 2023 in the evening in Turkey. A quake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale, which occurred in one of the regions most affected by the earthquakes that took place a fortnight ago.
The essential :
- The earth shook again in Turkey this Monday, February 20, 2023. A new earthquake has just taken place in the Turkish province of Hatay, in the south of the country.
- The recorded earthquake had a magnitude of 6.4 on the Richter scale.
- The Hatay region has already been particularly affected by previous earthquakes.
- Follow the latest information live.
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20:05 – The Karaçay dam about to let go?
Located in the municipality of Samandağ, in the province of Hatay, where the earthquakes took place on Monday evening, the Karaçay dam found itself the subject of a crazy rumor on which the vice-president wanted to reassure Monday evening. “A rumor has spread about the Karaçay dam. We have seen that there is no confirmed risk yet,” reassured Fuat Oktay, echoed by the Turkish media CNN Türk and Sabah.
20:01 – A first assessment of 8 injured
The toll should unfortunately increase in the coming hours, but at the start of the evening, the Turkish Vice-President, Fuat Oktay, indicated that at the time he was speaking, eight people injured during the earthquake had already been brought in the hospital.
19:56 – The call for caution from the Turkish vice-president
On Twitter, Fuat Oktay, the vice-president of Turkey, reacted on Monday evening to the new earthquakes. “Our investigations into the earthquakes in Hatay are continuing,” he said, especially urging the population to be very careful: “We ask our citizens in the region to stay away from damaged buildings and to carefully follow the warnings of our teams.”
Hatay merkezli meydana gelen depremlerle ilgili incelemelerimiz devam ediyor.
Bölgede bulunan vatandaşlarımızın hasarlı binalardan uzak durmalarını ve ekiplerimizin uyarılarına hassasiyetle uymalarını rica ediyoruz.
— Fuat Oktay (@fuatoktay) February 20, 2023
19:43 – The earthquake in Turkey felt in other countries
It is not only in the neighboring regions of Hatay in Turkey that the new earthquake was felt. In Lebanon, but also in Syria and Palestine, the inhabitants also felt the shock.
19:37 – What about the depth of the second earthquake in Turkey?
With a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, the second earthquake recorded this Monday evening in Turkey would have occurred at a much shallower depth than the first. As relayed by the Turkish newspaper Sabah, it would have taken place at a depth of 7 kilometers.
19:32 – How deep did the earthquake in Turkey occur?
According to the declaration of Afad, which is none other than the Turkish relief agency, the first earthquake of this Monday evening was therefore of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale. The earthquake would have occurred at a depth of 16.74 kilometers. Note that the tremor was also felt in neighboring provinces.
19:25 – What assessment for this new earthquake in Turkey?
At this time, difficult to establish an initial assessment. And the task should be particularly delicate for the relief on the spot, because the earthquake of this Monday February 20 in Turkey occurred in the province of Hatay, already hard hit by the first earthquakes two weeks ago. It will therefore probably be very complicated to link the victims to one event rather than the other.
19:22 – A movement of panic among the population
According to an AFP journalist present on the spot, and whose Le Figaro echoes, the new earthquake would have generated a movement of panic within the local population, already particularly traumatized by the earthquakes which occurred fifteen days earlier.
19:15 – A second earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8
According to the Turkish newspaper Sabah, if a first earthquake was recorded at 8:04 p.m. local time (6:04 p.m. in Paris), three minutes later, at 8:07 p.m., another earthquake, with a magnitude of 5.8 on the Richter scale, was also recorded. Its epicenter was in the district of Samandağ, still in the province of Hatay. Note that aftershocks were also felt in the cities of Gaziantep, Adana, Osmaniye and Kahramanmaraş.
19:12 – Where did the new earthquake take place in Turkey?
The new earthquake in Turkey occurred on Monday in the province of Hatay, located in the south of the country. This is the province most affected by the first earthquakes, which raises fears of the worst for the human toll because the buildings kept many after-effects.
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The earth shook again. Two weeks after the two earthquakes which claimed the lives of more than 44,000 people in Turkey and Syria, a new earthquake has just taken place. An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 on the Richter scale was recorded on Monday, February 20, 2023 in the evening, in the Turkish province of Hatay, located in southern Turkey. A region already particularly affected by previous earthquakes.
The epicenter of this new quake is located in the locality of Defne, according to the Turkish relief agency Afad. The tremor occurred around 8:04 p.m. local time, around 6 p.m. in France. While many buildings have already been weakened by earthquakes a fortnight ago, this new tremor could have caused new human and material damage. At this stage, no assessment is advanced and it could be difficult to dissociate the deaths of the previous tremors from that of today.
According to an AFP journalist present on the spot and whose Le Figaro echoes, sections of walls of already damaged buildings would have collapsed and cries for help from injured people trapped under the rubble would have quickly been heard. The tremor would also have generated panic among locals, already traumatized by previous earthquakes.