An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.8 was registered in central Turkey, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Center (EMSC) reported. The earthquake was registered at 10:48 local time 85 kilometers northwest of the city of Kahramanmaras with a population of 376 thousand people – the epicenter of the destructive earthquake in Turkey. The epicenter was at a depth of 40 kilometers. Subsequently, three aftershocks with magnitudes 3.3, 3.7 and 3.4 on the Richter scale were registered. On the morning of February 6, a magnitude 7.7 earthquake shook southeastern Turkey, making it the strongest since 1939, according to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. There was another 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Monday afternoon. According to the latest data, the number of dead has risen to 6,234 people, and the number of injured is 37,011. At the moment, no damage or casualties have been reported from the new tremors.
