Sat. Sep 14th, 2024

An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale struck on Monday the state of Canakkale, western Turkiye.

The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Administration (AFAD) explained in a statement that the earthquake occurred in the Azin district at a depth of 10.23 kilometers, with no human or material losses reported so far.

On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes struck southern Turkiye and northern Syria with a magnitude of 7.7 and 7.6, followed by thousands of violent aftershocks, killing and injuring tens of thousands of civilians.

Source: Qatar News Agency