Istanbul shakes more stronger earthquakes, due to panic of more than 150 wounded
Istanbul, a city at a turning point between Europe and Asia, has shaken several earthquakes today. The first Magnitude earthquake was held along the Marmar Sea coast near Istanbul.
Only 36 minutes later, at 12.49pm local time (11.49 in Central European time), they were shaken by the second earthquake with a magnitude 6.2. This earthquake was much stronger and caused more damage and panic among the population. People from a $ 16 million city rushed from their homes and business premises to the streets. The earthquake was not only felt in Istanbul, but also in the surrounding provinces.
Just two minutes after the second earthquake, at 12.51 in the local time, the third earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 hit Büyükçekmece, another area in Istanbul. This earthquake further increased the panic.
The Turkish accidents management agency and emergency (AFAD) began collecting data and assessing the damage to provide assistance to the affected areas as soon as possible.
“There is still no information about potential victims. I have already felt earthquakes in my building, but in six years since I have lived in Istanbul, never so strong. The building shook. For a few seconds, I looked for a shelter inside, and then fled out with further shaking. A neighbor says she fell to the floor in the apartment. Living in Turkey means living with the danger of earthquakes. But today’s earthquakes have driven fear in the bones to many. Memories of the devastating earthquake in the south of Turkey in 2023 are still alive here, « says one of the testimonies for BBC.
The earthquake was so powerful that it could be felt in Slovenia as well. Arso is on the social earthquake X wrote that the earthquake that occurred in Turkey were detected at 11.49pm after our time on the observatory of the school earthquake network in Kočevje.
At least 151 injured
Istanbul recorded at least 151 injuries after the earthquake, jumping from the height for fear, according to the Istanbul Governor’s office. So far, they have no deaths of deaths or greater mass damage, but the metropolis has shaken more than 50 earthquakes.
According to the latest data, an abandoned building in the Fathe neighborhood collapsed in the earthquake, but no other extensive mass damage is reported so far. The water supply system, the pipeline and the sewer and energy network are also not affected, according to the British BBC.
Turkish Interior Minister Or yerlikaya on social network X reported that 51 earthquakes were recorded in about two hours from the earthquake, the strongest was a magnitude of 5.9, according to French news agency AFP.
