A strong magnitude earthquake 6.2 on the Ricther scale shook Istanbul on Wednesday (April 23), said Turkey’s Disaster and Emergency Management Authority (AFAD), one of the strongest earthquakes to reach the city of 16 million in recent years.
There were no immediate reports of damage, but people evacuated the buildings when the earthquake hit and shook the city, located on the European and Asian margins of the Bosphorus Strait, says Reuters.
The earthquake epicenter, which took place at 12:49 pm local time, was in the Silivri area, about 80 km west of Istanbul. The depth was 6.92 km, said Afad.
The station TGRT reported that a person was injured by jumping out of a balcony during the earthquake, which occurred during a holiday in Türkiye.
AFAD warned the region’s population not to enter damaged buildings.
The German Research Center for Geological Sciences (GFZ) reported that the earthquake was magnitude of 6.02, and occurred a depth of 10 km below the ground. Three other secondary tremors succeeded the main and two of them had magnitudes of 5.0, and the third of 4.5, according to the Eumediterranean Cyismological Center (ESMC).
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