The Jordan Seismological Observatory: Two earthquakes struck Turkey at dawn, the first with a magnitude of 7.7 and the second with a magnitude of 6.2, and residents from neighboring countries felt them

Written By طقس العرب on 2023/02/06

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<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Weather of Arabia - The Jordanian Seismological Observatory indicated that a group of earthquakes occurred in Gaziantep, 590 km from Jordan, at dawn on the first day at 4:17 with a magnitude of 7.7 and the second at 4:28 with a magnitude of 6.2</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In the details, a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on the Richter scale, 26 km northwest of the city of Gaziantep, in southern Turkey, on the border with Syria, according to the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Center.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Sources told Al-Arabiya news channel that the earthquake in Turkey was felt by residents of several countries, including Egypt, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and Jordan</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> In turn, the American Seismological Center estimated the intensity of the Turkey earthquake at 7.9 degrees on the Richter scale, according to Al-Arabiya news channel.<br /><br /> For its part, a German center announced that the earthquake shook central Turkey, and occurred at a depth of 10 kilometers</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> A huge fire broke out in the Turkish region of Kahramanmaraş after the earthquake, and the media circulated videos and pictures of the collapse of buildings in Turkey and Syria as a result of this earthquake.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://rtarabic.com/world/1432215-%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%81... the video here</a></p>

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