Turkey earthquake
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Konya, central Turkey, on Friday afternoon.. without causing any damage
since it hit The devastating earthquake in Turkey on February 6causing tens of thousands of victims between the dead and the wounded in both Turkey and Syria, and everyone is looking for the effects of earthquakes, what happens after them, and what damage they can cause to the stone and people.
During the days following the devastating earthquake, which was described as “the most violent in a century” in Turkey’s history, several unexplained phenomena occur, some of which are real and some of which are imagined by some as a result of the terror that gripped human hearts after the “earthquake of the century” reaped. More than 50 thousand dead, and tens of thousands displaced and left homeless.
And the last of these strange appearances, what happened in the Turkish city of Konya, where the residents of the Rashadiya area spotted a giant hole that formed suddenly, which raised fears of its association with the earthquake and tremors that have struck several Turkish states over the past two weeks.
The area of the crater is 1,400 meters, 12 meters deep, and 37 meters in diameter, according to what it said. The official “Anatolia” agencywhich also published a video documenting the crater on Friday.
The crater that suddenly appeared confused the residents, and in the Turkish agency’s explanation of the strange phenomenon, the director of the Research and Application Center at Konya Technical University, Fathallah Arak, said: “Citizens say that a new crater formed yesterday in Karapinar.. We reviewed the area to examine the crater and we could not To find a link between it and the earthquake that happened today or the big earthquake that occurred on the sixth of February.
He added, “The crater was formed before and appeared about 20 days after large earthquakes, so this crater has nothing to do with previous large earthquakes or the current earthquake. More precisely, this crater may have been ready to collapse and may have an impact.. It may have happened as well.” during the earthquake.”
Giant hole in Konya – quoted by Anadolu Agency
He continued by saying: “The surface of this previously formed crater may have collapsed due to the earthquake with the vibration that occurred. Yes, the occurrence of craters can be linked to the earthquake in some places, but we did not find any clear evidence here that it occurred due to the earthquake.”
The death toll in Turkey and Syria exceeded the number of deaths The earthquake that occurred on February 6, 50 thousand deadAfter Turkey announced, the death toll on its soil rose to more than 44,000. The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) said that the death toll from the earthquake in Turkey rose to 44,218 on Friday evening.
With the addition of the latest announced number in Syria, which is 5,914 dead, the total death toll in the two countries has risen to more than 50,000.
The Turkish Disaster and Emergency Management Authority said that the country was subjected to 9,136 aftershocks after the earthquake, which had its epicenter in the state of Kahramanmaraş at dawn on February 6.
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Konya, central Turkey, on Friday afternoon.
AFAD said, in a statement, that the earthquake occurred at 17:01 (14:01 GMT). She explained that the earthquake occurred in the Aragli region of Konya, at a depth of 7 kilometers below the surface of the earth.
Konya state announced in a tweet that it had not received any news of damage from the quake. It stated that field searches are continuing to ensure that there are no damages.