The earthquake zone on the border between Turkey and Syria is not calming down. On Saturday, a magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Turkey’s central Anatolian province of Nigde, according to the Kandilli earthquake monitor. The epicenter was therefore in the Bor district. Shortly before that, according to the Turkish civil protection authority AFAD, there had been several earthquakes with a magnitude of 4. Initially, there was no information on casualties or damage.
More than 60 aftershocks were recorded from Syrian locations within 24 hours, the country’s earthquake center announced on Saturday. Two earthquakes have been reported in neighboring Iraq, the state news agency INA reports. According to the news site Rudaw, they had magnitudes of 4.3 and 4.0. There were initially no reports of casualties or damage.
Two continental plates meet in the region and the risk of earthquakes is correspondingly high. On February 6, two magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes shook southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria. More than 9,000 aftershocks followed, according to Turkish sources.
The number of confirmed fatalities in both countries has now risen to over 50,000.(sda/dpa)
Soource :Watson
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