Dozens people have been injured because they tried to escape into buildings in the panic, some jumping from Windows, said Istanbul governor, but no critical is critical.
The earthquake had a shallow depth of about 6 miles, according to Geological research of the United States. His epicenter was some 25 miles southwest of Istanbul in Murmara.
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The earthquake felt in several neighboring provinces and in the city of Izmir, some 340 miles south of Istanbul. Than hit 12:49 during the State Holiday when many children were outside the school and celebrated on the streets, forcing the authorities in Istanbul to cancel the events.
“Until 15:12, 51 after the maximum of 5.9 magnitude -” Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya wrote on social media.
Yerlikaya said earlier that the authorities did not receive reports on crashed buildings. He told Haberka television, however, there were reports on buildings of buildings.
“Due to panic, 151 of our citizens were injured from jumping from height,” he said in the Istanbul Governor’s office in the statement. “Their treatments are in progress in hospitals, and they are not in life’s danger.”
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Many inhabitants went to parks, school courtyards and other open surfaces to avoid being near buildings in case of collapse or subsequent intermediaries. Some people are tents in parks.
“Thank God, there seems to be no problems for now,” said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on an event that marks national sovereignty and children’s day for the day. “May God protect our country and our people from all kinds of calyness, disaster, accidents and problems.”
Mayor Mehmet Ergun Turkey from Istanbul’s historic Fatih District, which is the famous Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, said the local media was not any damage or report damage.
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Kemal Cebi, Mayor of the Kučukcekmece in Western Istanbul, said the local broadcasting that there were still “no negative development”, but reported that there were traffic jams and many buildings potentially endangered due to density of the area.
Turkey crosses two main lines of error, and earthquakes are common.
Size 7.8 Earthquake 6, 2023. YearsAnd the other powerful tremor who later destroyed or damaged hundreds of thousands of buildings in 11 southern and southeastern Turkish provinces, leaving more than 53,000 people of the dead. Another 6,000 people were killed in the northern parts of the neighboring Syria.
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2025-04-23 14:07:00