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Feb 6, 2023, 12 tweets

🔔#Earthquake (#deprem) M5.6 occurred 25 km N of #Sincik (#Turkey) 50 min ago (local time 13:51:30). More info at:
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🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218794
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#Earthquake 25 km N of #Sincik (#Turkey) 51 min ago (local time 13:51:30). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
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🕒 This is the 13th felt #earthquake in Eastern Turkey in the last 11 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 M5.7 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Malatya (#Turkey) at 13:51:32 local time (UTC 10:51:32). Shaking was felt over 600km by approximately 74M people in Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Georgia, Iraq 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.

❓ Magnitude = Intensity? Nope! An #earthquake has only ONE value of magnitude but SEVERAL values of intensity, which can vary from place to place. In particular, the intensity decreases as we get away from the #earthquake👇

🗨Eyewitnesses are saying: 'قوية[…]' Felt the #earthquake too? Share your experience and read others' at:
📱emsc-csem.org/service/applic…
🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218794

🔎 Regional instrumental seismicity in Eastern 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 #Malatya (#Turkey): 26/12/1939 a M7.8 led to 32700 casualties, 13/03/1992 a M6.8 led to 652 casualties, and on 20/03/1945 a M5.7 led to 300 casualties.

❗Update:
#Earthquake (#deprem) M5.7 occurred 17 km W of #Malatya (#Turkey) 2hr 5min ago (local time 13:51:32). Info at:
📱emsc-csem.org/service/applic…
🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218794
🖥emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/ear…

‼ No further info about this #earthquake will be displayed here. Find more at:
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