3 successive earthquakes hit Türkiye at dawn on Wednesday

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/08/07

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The Kozan region in Adana, central Turkey, witnessed at dawn today, Wednesday, three successive earthquakes measuring 4.6, 4.5, and 4 degrees on the Richter scale.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> According to the information contained on the website of the Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency (AFAD), the first earthquake with a magnitude of 4.6 was recorded at 05:32 local time, and its epicenter was in the city of Kozan at a depth of 7.6 kilometers. One minute later, another 4.5-magnitude earthquake struck the same place at a depth of 7 kilometers. Then a third earthquake with a magnitude of 4 followed at 05:34.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The Turkish Minister of the Interior, Ali Yerli Kaya, announced that the teams are continuing field surveys, stressing that they have not encountered any negative situations so far.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In a related context, the Jordanian <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D9%84%D... Observatory</a> recorded an earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale on Tuesday evening off the coast of Haifa in western occupied Palestine. The earthquake occurred at 20:27 Jordan time, with latitude 32.5728 and longitude 34.8166.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also be interested in:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A7... Seismic Observatory: Two earthquakes measuring 3.4 and 2.9 were recorded near the Haifa beach</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AE%D9%88%D9%81-... of a tsunami spreads to Algeria, and an expert resolves the controversy</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><hr /><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Websites</p>

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