Earthquake in Turkey (file image)
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake strikes eastern Turkey
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- No casualties or damages have been reported as of yet.
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck the eastern Turkey region on Thursday, according to Reuters, which cited the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
The seismological agency, which monitors earthquake activity across Europe and the Mediterranean basin, reported the tremor's depth at 10 kilometers (about 6.2 miles), a relatively shallow depth that typically means stronger shaking is felt at the surface compared with deeper quakes of the same magnitude.
Eastern Turkey sits astride some of the most seismically active terrain in the world, crossed by the East Anatolian Fault and located near the boundary of the Anatolian, Arabian, and Eurasian tectonic plates.
The region has a long history of damaging earthquakes, most notably the February 2023 disaster centered on Kahramanmaraş province, which killed more than 53,000 people in Turkey alone and remains one of the deadliest quakes of the century.
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