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⚠Preliminary info: #earthquake (#deprem) about 30 km N of #Mercin (#Turkey) 2 min ago (local time 04:17:48)❗MAGNITUDE NOT AVAILABLE YET❗Updates at:
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⚠Preliminary info: M7.2 #earthquake (#deprem) about 30 km N of #Mercin (#Turkey) 4 min ago (local time 04:17:48). Updates at:
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Eyewitnesses reported shaking in #Turkey 4 min ago (local time 04:17:48)⚠
More info soon!

#Earthquake (#deprem) confirmed by seismic data.⚠Preliminary info: M7.7 || 26 km NW of #Gaziantep (#Turkey) || 5 min ago (local time 04:17:35). Follow the thread for the updates👇

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#Earthquake 26 km NW of #Gaziantep (#Turkey) 5 min ago (local time 04:17:35). 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).

⚠🌊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

🔔#Earthquake (#deprem) M7.5 occurred 28 km NW of #Doğanca (#Turkey) 40 min ago (local time 04:17:35). More info at:
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#Earthquake 28 km NW of #Doğanca (#Turkey) 40 min ago (local time 04:17:35). Updated map - Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
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🕒 This is the 3rd felt #earthquake in Central Turkey in the last 64 hours.

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

ℹEvent wrap-up: today a M7.8 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Nurdağı (#Turkey) at 04:17:32 local time (UTC 01:17:32). Shaking was felt over 600km by approximately 86M people in Cyprus, Turkey, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Georgia, Syrian Arab Republic, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan.

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.

When you feel an #earthquake, and report the shaking and damage level at your location, we can create an intensity curve like this one👇Be aware though❗The intensity decreases if we get far away from the #earthquake (no matter its magnitude).

🗨Eyewitnesses are saying: 'Pretty strong with long duration[…]' Felt the #earthquake too? Share your experience and read others' at:
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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 #Nurdağı (#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 cannot be predicted. For an #earthquake prediction to be meaningful, it has to specify a time, location & magnitude range that is unlikely to occur randomly. This is currently impossible. Learn more in this video from @EarthScope_sci👇

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An impresive video, associated to an aftershock rather than the mainshock #deprem