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Feb 6, 2023, 14 tweets

🔔#Earthquake (#deprem) M6.4 occurred 15 km N of #Ceyhan (#Turkey) 47 min ago (local time 04:28:29). More info at:
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#Earthquake 15 km N of #Ceyhan (#Turkey) 47 min ago (local time 04:28:29). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
📱emsc-csem.org/service/applic…
🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218449

⚠🌊TSUNAMI RISK UNDER EVALUATION
Depending on #earthquake-coastline distance, #tsunamis can be local (<100km), regional (<1000km), or distant (>1000km). Be ready to follow national authorities' directives. Follow the situation at the links provided below👇

France (CENALT): info-tsunami.fr
Greece (NOA): gein.noa.gr/en/
Turkey (KOERI): koeri.boun.edu.tr/sismo/2/en/
Italy (INGV): terremoti.ingv.it/it/
Portugal (IPMA): ipma.pt/en/index.html

🕒 This is the 5th felt #earthquake in Central Turkey in the last 64 hours.

Earthquakes may happen anytime: what to do during the shaking?
🠪 INSIDE: take shelter, keep away from windows.
🠪 OUTSIDE: stay away from anything that might collapse (bridges, roofs, electrical wires).

ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M6.7 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Kahramanmaraş (#Turkey) at 04:28:18 local time (UTC 01:28:18). Shaking was felt over 700km by approximately 69M people in Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Georgia and Syrian Arab Republic.

ℹ Aftershocks may occur in the next hours/days. Unless it is necessary, stay away from damaged areas for your safety 🙏 Be careful and follow national authorities' information.

🗨Eyewitnesses are saying: 'Very strong shake lasted more than 10 second the building i[…]' Felt the #earthquake too? Share your experience and read others' at:
📱emsc-csem.org/service/applic…
🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218449

🔎 Regional instrumental seismicity in Central Turkey. The colored dots represent the #earthquakes that have struck the region [using @ISCseism catalog -1960 to 2020- and @EMSC data -from 2021 onwards]:

🔎 Deadliest #earthquakes that occurred in recent years within 300km of #Kahramanmaraş (#Turkey): 20/03/1945 a M5.7 led to 300 casualties, 16/03/1956 a M6.0 led to 148 casualties, and on 27/06/1998 a M6.2 led to 145 casualties.

"Earthquakes do their best to be as unpredictable as possible" - Watch this video from @geosociety where seismologist Ross Stein explains why #earthquakes cannot be predicted at present👇

❗Update:
#Earthquake (#deprem) M6.7 occurred 26 km S of #Kahramanmaraş (#Turkey) 2hr 12min ago (local time 04:28:18). Info at:
📱emsc-csem.org/service/applic…
🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218449
🖥emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/ear…

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