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Feb 6, 2023, 21 tweets

⚠Preliminary info: #earthquake (#deprem) about 4 km NE of #Pozantı (#Turkey) 2 min ago (local time 13:25:02)❗MAGNITUDE NOT AVAILABLE YET❗Updates at:
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⚠Preliminary info: M7.5 #earthquake (#deprem) about 20 km NE of #Pozantı (#Turkey) 4 min ago (local time 13:24:50). Updates at:
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Eyewitnesses reported shaking in #Turkey 5 min ago (local time 13:25:00)⚠
More info soon!

#Earthquake (#deprem) confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M7.8 || 13 km S of #Elbistan (#Turkey) || 6 min ago (local time 13:24:50). Follow the thread for the updates👇

#Earthquake 13 km S of #Elbistan (#Turkey) 7 min ago (local time 13:24:50). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyeswitnesses. Share your experience via:
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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).

🔔#Earthquake (#deprem) M7.7 occurred 6 km SE of #Elbistan (#Turkey) 40 min ago (local time 13:24:49). More info at:
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#Earthquake 6 km SE of #Elbistan (#Turkey) 40 min ago (local time 13:24:49). Updated map - Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
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The #earthquake in #Elbistan likely caused damage. Be careful and stay away from damaged areas🙏Verify if people around you need help. If you feel scared or anxious that's ok: these reactions are normal 💟Take care of yourself & stay alert.

🕒 This is the 31st felt #earthquake in Central Turkey in the last 11 hours.

🔎 What was the faulting motion that caused the #earthquake (#deprem) in #Elbistan? Moment tensor map from seismological institute(s):

❓ What to do AFTER an #earthquake
Stay away from anything that might collapse (roofs, electrical wires, bridges). If your home is damaged GET OUT. If anyone is injured, help as best you can & contact medical emergency. Stay alert: aftershocks will occur in the next hours/days.

ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M7.5 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Elbistan (#Turkey) at 13:24:49 local time (UTC 10:24:49). Shaking was felt over 600kmby approximately 67 people in Turkey, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Georgia, Syrian Arab Republic, Israel, Iraq and Iran.

ℹ Aftershocks will occur in the next hours/days and that might be stressful.🙏 Stay away from damaged areas for your own safety and to give priority access to emergency responders 🚒 Be careful and follow national authorities' information.

🗨Eyewitnesses are saying: 'Pray for Turkiye from Greece[…]' Felt the #earthquake too? Share your experience and read others' at:
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Eyewitnesses are reporting 11 km S of #Elbistan. Felt the #earthquake (#deprem) too? Please share located pics & videos🙏 DO NOT PUT YOURSELF or OTHER PEOPLE in DANGER❗OBEY NATIONAL LAWS❗
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🔎 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 #Elbistan (#Turkey): 20/03/1945 a M5.7 led to 300 casualties, 27/06/1998 a M6.2 led to 145 casualties, and on 24/01/2020 a M6.8 led to 41 casualties.

🕒16 #earthquakes have occurred within 124 km of #Elbistan following the M7.5 event.

To our friends and users: we hope you are safe 🙏In the next hours you are likely going to hear about #earthquake prediction👉#Earthquake prediction does not exist at present❗Please, only trust official sources & follow national authorities' directives.

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