Turkey Aftershocks scare people in Istanbul
Even two days after the strong earthquake in Istanbul, the earth in the metropolis has not come to rest. In the early morning, further tremors with a magnitude of up to 3.6 occurred at a plate boundary in front of the city.
25.04.2025, 10:34
25.04.2025, 12:27
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This was reported by the Afad disaster service. People once again spent the night outdoors out of fear of another, stronger quake, as various Turkish media reported.
On Wednesday, shortly before 1 p.m. local time, the Afad disaster service registered the strongest quake to date with a magnitude of 6.2 and an epicenter in the Sea of Marmara off the city. Numerous other earth tremors of magnitude 4 to 5 followed.
Turkey is located in one of the most seismically active regions in the world. More than one million buildings in Istanbul are not considered earthquake-proof. According to experts, a magnitude 7 quake is also overdue. Wednesday's quake has now made this even more likely, said Marco Bohnhoff from the GFZ Helmholtz Center for Geosciences in Potsdam.
