The number of aftershocks following the February 6 earthquake in Turkey exceeded 4,800, local seismologists said on Thursday
ISTANBUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 16th February, 2023) The number of aftershocks following the February 6 earthquake in Turkey exceeded 4,800, local seismologists said on Thursday.
"The number of aftershocks after the earthquakes in Kahramanmaras and Gaziantep on February 6 to this day is 4843," Haluk Ozener, the director of the Kandilli Observatory, said on Twitter.
According to the statistics of seismologists, aftershocks in the region with a magnitude of up to 5 points occur on average 20 times per hour. As meny as 572 aftershocks were recorded on February 7, but on Wednesday there were only 356 of them.
