Thursday, April 24, 2025 - A series of earthquakes shook the city of Istanbul on Wednesday, sending people running from buildings, with Turkish authorities warning residents to stay outdoors.
The largest quake had a magnitude of 6.2 and struck the
Marmara Sea 13 miles off the Turkish coast at 12:49 p.m. local time (5:49 a.m.
ET), according to the United States Geological Survey.
That was followed by at least three aftershocks between
magnitudes 4 and 5, the USGS said, all clustered near the economic
maritime artery of the Bosphorus Strait.
The USGS’ “Did You Feel It?” map said it shook
cities as far away as the Romanian capital of Bucharest and the Bulgarian
capital of Sofia 300 miles away.
But so far, Turkish officials have found no “damage or
adverse conditions on our highways, airports, trains or subways,” according
to Turkish Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Abdulkadir Uraloglu
on X.
The officials also said at least 151 people are being
treated in hospital after jumping from high places due to the panic
caused.
Turkey’s disaster management agency, the AFAD, has “now
started field scans,” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said.
Turkey is a particularly active earthquake zone, sitting at
the junction of three tectonic plates: the Eurasian, Arabian, and African.
Some 60,000 people died in Feb. 2023 when Turkey and
neighboring Syria were hit by a 7.8-magnitude quake and more than 500
aftershocks over the next 24 hours.
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