More than 11,500 aftershocks have been reported since the massive earthquakes of February 6 in south of the country, professor Orhan Tatar, Disaster and Emergency Management Agency (AFAD) general manager of earthquake response and risk Limit, he said recently.
like of March 3, at least 45,089 people They lost their lives in Kahramanmaraş, Gaziantep, Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakir, Adana, Adiyaman, Osmaniye, Hatay, Kilis, Malatya and Elazığ after two major earthquakes in A catastrophe is called a catastrophe of the century. “
Meanwhile, 1,971,589 earthquake survivors have been evacuated region To other provinces, officials noted. However, dependencies and new Earthquakes continue hit southeast regionf with the latest 5.0 magnitude earthquake recorded on Friday morning in Kahramanmaraş at 5.53 am local time (2:53 am GMT).
Tatar explained that data from 1,145 seismic recording stations across the country are being evaluated at the Afghan Air Disaster Management Department’s Earthquake Monitoring and Evaluation Center, where 26 personnel work on 24 hours a day.
he also He said there are deep seismographs in a good place at various Locations near the Sea of Marmara that measure seismic activities record Local earthquakes and earthquakes in 13 neighboring countries.
Indicating that earthquakes with size of It can measure 0.2 and above, which are described as micro-earthquakes with These devices, too smallRange movements in Earth’s crust can be observed with Tensile gauge device Tatar said: While earthquakes were measured in The seismic center usually averages 60-70, now we are measuring in the hundreds of they. after monday main Experienced trauma on February 6, we measured over 11,500 minions.”
mentioned that they are use local software in center and transfer technology to the ocean countries. “We recently renovated Azerbaijan’s seismological laboratories and infrastructure and moved us software. We will do the same in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) in near future. ”
He noted that through the signals received, they could immediately detect an earthquake. “Then what are we call “automatic solution” shows us Where, in what location, and with what magnitude the earthquake occurred. After a brief period colleagues on dutyf who data analysis for confirm Occurrence, final show result within four to five minutes.
Tatars also mentioned that there active Fault lines that can produce earthquakes at any time in Turkish indicating that tremors may be occur Until a certain period since the earth’s crust was affected after the earthquakes, which was the center of Kahramanmaraş.
“there currently 485 active faults in Our country can produce earthquakes of 5.0 and above at any time. Our General Directorate of Mineral research and exploration is watching this. I know be wrong map updated. with the data obtained through new number of studies of active He said the defect may exceed 500.”
After the 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes, the southern province of The city of Hatay experienced earthquakes of 6.4 and 5.8 earthquakes on February 21, bring fear back to region like six people They killed and wounded nearly 300.
A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit the center of the country of Nigde on On February 25, while Malatya shook with 5.6 magnitude earthquake recently on On Monday, two citizens died and 140 were injured.
