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🔔#Earthquake (#deprem) M4.7 occurred 11 km SE of #İskenderun (#Turkey) 11 min ago (local time 17:27:52). More info at:
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#Earthquake 11 km SE of #İskenderun (#Turkey) 11 min ago (local time 17:27:52). Colored dots represent local shaking & damage level reported by eyewitnesses. Share your experience:
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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).

🕒 This is the 12th felt #earthquake in Turkey-Syria Border Region in the last 13 hours.

🔎 Map of background focal mechanisms:

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 M4.7 #earthquake (#deprem) hit #Osmaniye (#Turkey) at 17:27:56 local time (UTC 14:27:56). Shaking was felt over 400km by approximately 44M people in Turkey, Syrian Arab Republic and Lebanon.

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: 'لقد خفت كثيرا[…]' 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 #Osmaniye (#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.

❓Why can't seismologists predict #earthquakes? Find it out in this educational video from @EarthScope_sci👇

❗Update:
#Earthquake (#deprem) M4.8 occurred 3 km S of #Osmaniye (#Turkey) 42 min ago (local time 17:27:51). Info at:
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🌐m.emsc.eu/?id=1218980
🖥emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/ear…

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