Extremely strong earthquake in Türkiye: magnitude 5.9 shock. Schools closed in the east

John

By John

The earth returns to tremble in Türkiye. This morning a major shock 5.9 was registered in the southeastern province of Malatyawhere the closure of the schools for a day as a precaution.

THE’epicenter of this last shock is located along one of the more active faults of Türkiye, not far from the epicenter of the terrible earthquake of degree 7.8 And 7.6 which devastated the entire area on February 6, 2023. According to what was made known by the civil protection Turkish Afadthe tremor was recorded at 10:46 (Rome +1), to a depth of 10.07km. Always Afad lets it be known that a verification of the damage is currently underway, but at the moment there are no consequences for the population. The shock was also felt in the provinces of Diyarbakir, Elazig, Kahramanmaras, Tokat, Erzincan, Tunceli And Adiyaman.